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Chemistry of cleaning materials

Chemistry of cleaning materials



Chemistry keeps you clean, in which cleaning products are formulated with different chemical properties. The main reason behind inventing the soap was cleaning dishes and using it in medicine, as Galen mentioned. Babylonians around 2800 BC were the first, who manufactured soap-like materials, using plants and animal fats boiled with ashes and water.  Whereas, the ancient Egyptians in 1550 BC made a product similar to soap through mixing animal and vegetable oils with alkaline salts, and women used it for washing their hairs. Also, in 600 BC the Phoenicians mixed goat fat with wood ash; Syrians and Palestinians were the first, who used olive oil, laurel oil, and thyme oil and potash.

However, modern cleaning products vary, for example soap, detergent, air freshener, and bathroom polish, containing a number of chemicals. Soap includes sodium salts of long-chain carboxylic acids obtained by natural resources from plants and animals, while detergent is made from salts of long-chain benzene sulphonic acids or alkyl sulfate obtained from synthetic materials. Oven cleaners and drain cleaner products include strong alkali, which is a corrosive substance and can burn and irritate the skin; thus, it must handle carefully. On the other hand, mild alkali, such as sodium bicarbonate can be used for gentle cleaning, and it is not corrosive. Strong acid products, which used to clean sinks and bathtubs are highly corrosive and may contain phosphoric and hydrochloric acids. However, mild acid cleaning products are made with acetic, citric, hydroxyacetic, levulinic, and gluconic acid.


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