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Jul 26, 2020 13 min

Let's talk about soap and detergents...

from Chemistry in Everyday Life Hosted by Johannes Vogel

When talking about chemistry, one of the first topics to breach is the chemistry of soap. In the time of a global pandemic, washing our hands has become second nature and at some point at the beginning the stockpiling of soap even led to shortages in some areas. So let's talk about soap and how it does its job. Sources https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seife https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soap General Chemistry by D. D. Ebbing 5th Ed. 1996 ISBN 0-395-74415-6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detergent https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinigungsmittel https://www.quirkyscience.com/difference-soap-detergent/ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/12/science-soap-kills-coronavirus-alcohol-based-disinfectants https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2020/3/11/21173187/coronavirus-covid-19-hand-washing-sanitizer-compared-soap-is-dope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_polarity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solubility

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