Question

What is a detergent? Name one detergent.

Answer 1

Detergent, a sodium salt of a long chain benzene sulphonic acid, is a cleansing agent. It has cleansing properties in water. A detergent has two parts, a large non-ionic hydrocarbon group and an ionic group such as sulphonate group SO₃^-Na⁺. Name of a detergent is sodium n-dodecyl benzene sulphonate.