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प्रश्न
Explain why soap cannot be used in hard water.
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उत्तर
Soaps cannot be used in hard water because they lose their cleansing property when used with it. Soaps do not form lather with hard water and instead form scum, as a result of which they lose their cleansing property.
संबंधित प्रश्न
People use a variety of methods to wash clothes. Usually after adding the soap, they ‘beat’ the clothes on a stone, or beat it with a paddle, scrub with a brush or the mixture is agitated in a washing machine. Why is agitation necessary to get clean clothes?
Explain esterification reaction with the help of a chemical equation. Describe an activity to show esterification.
What are the raw materials required for making soap in a laboratory (or at home)?
The chemical mostly used in the preparation of most of the soaps we use is
(a) Sodium chloride
(b) Potassium hydroxide
(c) Sodium hydroxide
(a) Potassium chloride
A student takes 4 mL of distilled water in each of four test tubes I, II, III and IV, and then dissolves an equal amount of four different salts namely NaCl in I, CaCl2 in II, MgCl2 in III and KCl in IV. He then adds 8 drops of the given soap solution to each test tube and shakes the contents of the test tube 10 times. In which test tubes will enough lather (foam) be formed ?
(A) I and II
(B) II and III
(C) I and IV
(D) III and IV
Soap is a salt of ______ and sodium hydroxide.
Explain why often coloured spots are formed on clothes during washing.
Arrange the following statements in correct sequence
- Pour that solution into an empty matchbox, soap can be obtained after drying.
- Take the necessary quantity of water in a jar.
- Then add coconut oil drop by drop and stir it well.
- Add concentrated sodium hydroxide in the jar and allow it to cool.
- Try this soap to wash your hand kerchief.
- Cover your work area with old newspaper.
How does soap clean clothes?
- Write the formula and draw electron dot structure of carbon tetrachloride.
- What is saponification? Write the reaction involved in this process.
