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Chapter 12, Problem 106P

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Water does not easily remove grease from dirty hands because grease is nonpolar and water is polar; therefore they are immiscible. The addition of soap, however, results in the removal of the grease. Examine the structure of soap shown here and explain how soap works.

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QUESTION:

Water does not easily remove grease from dirty hands because grease is nonpolar and water is polar; therefore they are immiscible. The addition of soap, however, results in the removal of the grease. Examine the structure of soap shown here and explain how soap works.

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Solution 106P

Here, we are going to explain how does shop work to remove grease.

Step 1:

Soap consists of two different ends. One end of the soap molecule is hydrophobic and one end consists of hydrophilic group.

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