How do cationic detergents work?

Clothing detergent acts as an emulsifyer between the water and the oil. The detergent mixes the water and oil and pulls the oil from the clothing to the cleaner water.

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The reason why dish detergent work is because the have a ingredient called surfactants. Surfactants are an active ingredient in dish detergents they help oil and water mix. After the oil and water...

Laundry and dish detergents, "dissolve" grease through a process known as emulsification. The two liquids (water and grease) do not become a true solution, but become suspended in each other in tiny...

Like soaps, detergents have hydrophobic or water-hating molecular chains and hydrophilic or water-loving components. The hydrophobic hydrocarbons are repelled by water, but are attracted to oil and...