Article: How Does Oil & Dirt Get Washed Away With Soap?
|
|
|
|
|
How Does Oil & Dirt Get Washed Away With Soap?
We use soap each day in our lives in the form of detergents, shampoo, shower crème, hand soap or bar soap. We are so used to using soap that we rarely stop and wonder how this wonderful compound manages to help us clean ourselves day after day. Have you ever thought about what would happen if there were no soap? How else can we rid the dirt off our bodies or our clothes?
Most of the time, dirt comes in the form of grease or oil which sticks itself onto surfaces and will not come off if only water is just used. This is because oil and grease are non-polar, which means that the oil molecules are not charged and therefore are not attracted to polar substances such as water. Because of this, oil tends to stick with its own molecules or other non-polar substances.
...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Home
|
Back To Articles Directory
|
|
|
Send your comments, Suggestions or
Queries regarding this site at roseindia_net@yahoo.com.
|
|
Copyright © 2006. All rights
reserved.
|
|