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The Effectiveness of Soap
History Of Soap
Soap was made in 2800 B.C., by The Babylonians
Babylonians discovered that animal fats with wood ash produced a substance capable of cleaning.
The name soap came from the ancient Romania
The first soap was used to wash wool, which was used in textile industries
Many people used plain water before soap, with mud and sand as exfoliants.
To make soap like mixtures, ancient romans used urine, in the first century A.D.
To make different soap products Romans used ashes from a beech tree to make hard and soft soap.
What is Soap?
Soap is an antibacterial cleaning agent that is used to get rid of bacteria and dirt.
Each soap molecule has a long hydrocarbon chain, sometimes called its 'tail', with a carboxylate 'head'.
Soaps are sodium or potassium fatty acids salts, produced from the hydrolysis of fats in a chemical reaction called saponification.
The Ph level of soap is primarily between 9-10, however for agents like shampoo the Ph is between 6-7
The chemical formula for basic soap is C17H35COO- plus a metal cation, either Na+ or K+. The final molecule is called sodium stearate and is a type of salt.
Soap Molecule
long chains of carbon and hydrogen atoms are what soap molucules are composed of
a configuration of atoms which likes to be in water (hydrophilic) are at one end of the chain.
The other end shuns water (hydrophobic) but attaches easily to grease.
How does soap work?
When using soap, and creating friction with you hands, you build a a soapy lather consistency that help get rid of germs and dirt from your skin
It gets rid of: Dirt, grease, oils,
The oil molecules in soap become separated and into the water, rather than attaching to your skin.