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प्रश्न
How does the branching of hydrocarbon chain of synthetic detergents affect their biodegradability?
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उत्तर
Straight chain hydrocarbons in synthetic detergent leads to easy biodegradability because the branched-chain hydrocarbon tail is a source of pollution. Therefore, lesser the branching more is the biodegradability.
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