soap and detergent: Media

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Videos

How do alcohol-based hand sanitizers work?
How hand sanitizers work.
Video: © American Chemical Society (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
How soap cleans away dirt
Learn how soap removes dirt.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz

Images

soap
Bars of soap.
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French soap-boiling plant, 1771
A French soap-boiling plant with the vessels for lye (far left) and the circular...
Courtesy of CIBA Review, Basel, Switzerland
steps in the manufacture of synthetic detergents
Steps in the manufacture of synthetic detergents.
Drawing by D. Meighan
micelle
When a soap is dissolved in water, fatty acids in the soap form spherical structures...
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