Is soap acidic or alkaline

Nowadays, people pay more attention to the health of their lifestyle, so they are more concerned about the acidity and alkalinity of the things they need in their daily lives, especially soaps and perfumed soaps and other frequently used cleaning products. They want to know whether the soap is acidic or alkaline. You should know that acidic cleaning products generally have a certain harmful effect on the skin of the hands.

In fact, there is a very simple way to test whether the soap you are using is acidic or alkaline. Just use soapy water and PH test paper to test it. You will soon know whether the soap you are using is acidic or alkaline. Generally speaking, the acidity and alkalinity of soaps can also be determined by their ingredients.

Is soap acidic or alkaline?

1. Chemical composition of soap: Soap is also called higher fatty acid soap, and its scientific name is carboxylate. Carboxylates are generally prepared by saponification of oils and alkalis under heating conditions. It is an anionic surfactant. Because different oils and alkalis are used, laundry soaps with very different properties can be made.

2. Chemical composition of washing powder: The main ingredient of washing powder is sodium benzenesulfonate, which has a good decontamination effect and is easy to use, so it is deeply loved by people.

Many laundry detergents on the market now have some new ingredients added, giving them more and stronger washing functions. These main ingredients include surfactants, builders, stabilizers, dispersants, brighteners, flavors and enzymes. Synthetic laundry detergent is a powdered (or granular) detergent and is the most common type of synthetic detergent in life. The detergent is a mixture made of surfactant and auxiliaries into a viscous slurry, which is then manufactured by spray drying and agglomeration. Washing powder is made up of a variety of chemical ingredients, the main role of which is surfactant, such as sodium alkylbenzene sulfonate, sodium alkyl sulfonate, sodium fatty alcohol sulfate, fatty alcohol polyoxyethylene ether, copolymers of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, etc. Various chemical substances promote and complement each other, making the washing and decontamination effect more ideal.

This article not only introduces whether soap is acidic or alkaline, but also provides a detailed analysis of the acidity and alkalinity of detergents that are often used at home. If you feel that acidic detergents will harm the skin of your hands, it is recommended that you wear rubber gloves when using them to avoid hurting your hands.