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CBSE - Chemistry - Carbon and its Compounds

Carbon and its Compounds

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People use a variety of methods to wash clothes. Usually after adding the 
soap, they ‘beat’ the clothes on a stone, or beat it with a paddle, scrub with a 
brush or the mixture is agitated in a washing machine. Why is agitation 
necessary to get clean clothes?
A soap molecule has two parts namely hydrophobic and hydrophilic. With the help of these, it attaches to the grease or dirt particle and forms a cluster called micelle. These micelles remain suspended as a colloid. To remove these micelles, it is necessary to agitate clothes.
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