Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ717305
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Feb-1
Pages: 3
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ISSN: ISSN-0021-9584
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Hard Water and Soft Soap: Dependence of Soap Performance on Water Hardness
Osorio, Viktoria K. L.; de Oliveira, Wanda; El Seoud, Omar A.; Cotton, Wyatt; Easdon, Jerry
Journal of Chemical Education, v82 n2 p257 Feb 2005
The demonstration of the performance of soap in different aqueous solutions, which is due to water hardness and soap formulation, is described. The demonstrations use safe, inexpensive reagents and simple glassware and equipment, introduce important everyday topics, stimulates the students to consider the wider consequences of water hardness and so on.
Descriptors: Chemistry, Demonstrations (Educational), Science Instruction, Water, Science Experiments, Laboratory Experiments
Journal of Chemical Education, Subscription Department, P.O. Box 1267, Bellmawr, NJ 08099-1267. Web site: http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/AboutJCE/contact.html.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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