Exercises

Explain the following term with suitable examples
Anionic detergents

Explain the following term with suitable examples: Non-ionic detergents.

Can you use soaps and synthetic detergents to check the hardness of water? 

Explain the cleansing action of soaps.

If water contains dissolved calcium hydrogen carbonate, out of soaps and synthetic detergents which one will you use for cleaning clothes?  

Label the hydrophilic and hydrophobic parts in the following compound.

$\mathrm{C}{\mathrm{H}}_3{\left(\mathrm{C}{\mathrm{H}}_2\right)}_{10}\mathrm{C}{\mathrm{H}}_2\mathrm{O}\mathrm{S}{\mathrm{O}}_3^{-}\mathrm{N}{\mathrm{a}}^{+}$

Label the hydrophilic and hydrophobic parts in the following compound.
${\mathrm{CH}}_3{\left({\mathrm{CH}}_2\right)}_{15}{\mathrm{N}}^{+}{\left({\mathrm{CH}}_3\right)}_3{\mathrm{Br}}^{-}$

Label the hydrophilic and hydrophobic parts in the following compound.

 ${\mathrm{CH}}_3{\left({\mathrm{CH}}_2\right)}_{16} \mathrm{COO}{\left({\mathrm{CH}}_3{\mathrm{CH}}_2\mathrm{O}\right)}_{\mathrm{n}}{\mathrm{CH}}_2{\mathrm{CH}}_2\mathrm{OH}$