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Question
What is a detergent? Name one detergent.
Solution
Detergent, a sodium salt of a long chain benzene sulphonic acid, is a cleansing agent. It has cleansing properties in water. A detergent has two parts, a large non-ionic hydrocarbon group and an ionic group such as sulphonate group SO3-Na+. Name of a detergent is sodium n-dodecyl benzene sulphonate.
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