What is difference between dish soap, hand soap, bath soap and clothes detergent?
In: Chemistry
Dish soap generally has more additives, and their formulations that are stronger against grease/oils to allow it to clean dirty dishes better. But in turn that makes it a bad hand or bath soap because it strips skin oils and makes your skin dry and rough.
Good hand soap and bath soap generally are more mild and have a moisturizing compound (emolient) like aloe vera or cetearyl alcohol so your skin doesn’t end up dry.
Laundry detergent like dish soap also has additives to improve its ability to clean clothes in your washing machine. For example, amylase is added to target starch stains. Or dimethicone, so it doesn’t foam inside the washer. Or florescent dyes to make your laundered clothes look more white or brighter.
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