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Question
Differentiate between Toilet soap and Laundry soap.
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Solution
| Toilet Soap | Laundry Soap |
| It has high-quality fats and oils as raw materials. | It has low-quality fats and oils as raw materials. |
| Expensive perfumes are added to these soaps. | Cheap perfumes are added to these soaps. |
| To avoid skin injuries, special care is taken to ensure that there is no free alkali. |
No such care is taken. |
| Fillers are absent. | Fillers are present. |
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