ELI5- What is “soap”? We have bar soap, dish soap, antibacterial soap like dial, hand soap, foaming hand soap and more I’m sure. What ties them together to all be called soap?
In: Chemistry
They’re all something called a surfactant, which has two distinct sides
While oils and water normally don’t mix, surfactants bridge that gap by grabbing oils on one side and sticking to water on the other side, with running water pulling both the soap and oil molecules with it and off your hands
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