PLS FRIENDS I NEED HELP IMMEDIATELY FOR MY ASSIGNMENT.
CAN SOMEBODY HELP?

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PLS FRIENDS I NEED HELP IMMEDIATELY FOR MY ASSIGNMENT.
CAN SOMEBODY HELP?

rane · Answer

@thomaster can u pls help!!!  :)

thomaster · Answer

what's the problem?

rane · Answer

purpose of sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate in detergents

thomaster · Answer

it's a surfactant, which means it lowers the surface-/interfacial tension of liquids.

rane · Answer

can u be more pacific pls......
i mean an explanation of why it is used in dish washing detergents?

thomaster · Answer

Do you now what a micelle is?

rane · Answer

yes

thomaster · Answer

okey sodiuumdodecylbenzene sulfonate is a hydrocarbon sufractant. It's amphiphile which means it has a polar and an apolar side. Thus it forms a micelle around filth and dissolves it. So it works like soap.

rane · Answer

thank u

chmvijay · Answer

but the disadvantages of these chemicals are they are not bio degradable :)

rane · Answer

thank u too