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What are biodegradable and non-biodegradable detergents ? Give one example of each class. |
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Answer» Solution :Biodegradable detergents are those detergents which are degraded by microorganisms and do not cause ENVIRONMENTAL problem. Examples of biodegradable detergents are given below : `underset("Sodium lauryl sulphonate")(CH_(3)(CH_(2))_(10)CH_(2)OSO_(3)^(-)Na^(+))`  It may be noted that biodegradable detergents have linear alkyl chains which are easily decomposed by bacteria. Non-biodegradable detergents are those which are not degraded (decomposed) by micro- organisms. Such detergents cause environmental problem. It is observed that such detergents CONTAIN branched chain which is not attacked by bacteria. Example of non-biodegradable detergent is given below : 
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