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State the reason in each of the following cases:(i) Soaps do not work well in hard water.(ii) Synthetic detergents are better than soaps.

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(i) Hard water contains calcium and magnesium salts. In hard water, soaps get precipitated as calcium and magnesium soaps which being insoluble stick to the clothes as gummy mass.
(ii) As synthetic detergents can be used in hard water as well as acidic solutions.



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