Why does the formation of soap allow it to pick up different items?
In: Chemistry
When a bunch of soap molecules ( o==== where o is “head”, === is tail) get together, they line up with all their “heads” and “tails” pointing the same way …. like a raft. If the raft gets big enough, it can curl back on itself and form a ball…. usually with all the “heads” on the surface, and all the “tails” pointing inside. Things like grease will get stuck to the raft and carried away with the soap — it’s like velcro for gunk
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