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Household Chemicals: Helps and Hazards
Practice Questions

1 .       Ashes of plants react with water to form solutions with what type of properties? [Hint]



2 .       Fat and lye combine to make _______. [Hint]



3 .       Soap molecules have a dual nature. One end is like a hydrocarbon, and the other is ______. [Hint]



4 .       Which of the following is a disadvantage of soap? [Hint]



5 .       A big business in America is the selling of water softeners to residential homeowners. Which of the following are possible commercial water softeners? [Hint]



6 .       Which of the following describes ABS detergents? [Hint]



7 .       Why do some people prefer to use LAS detergents? [Hint]



8 .       Any agent that stabilizes the suspension of nonpolar substances in water is called a(n) ______. [Hint]



9 .       If you were to look at some of the labels on the chemicals in your laundry room, which would say that it commonly contains 5.25% sodium hypochlorite? [Hint]



10 .       Which of the following are esters of long-chain organic acids with long-chain alcohols? [Hint]



11 .       There is a difference between smelling good when you sweat and not sweating. Which of the following would help you to not sweat? [Hint]



12 .       Hair can be held in place by using ______, which are solid or semisolid organic materials that form a sticky film on the hair. [Hint]



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