
How Soap Works
Stuff You Should Know
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Soap
Soap basically gets oil and water to party together. And it's so cool because soap comes in, they have these pin-shaped ends. So not only does the end like to bind with oil, which means it's oleophilic,. It hates water, which makes it hydrophobic. Because that end is hydrophobic, it does everything it can to get away from water.
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