What are biodegradable and non-biodegradable detergents? Give one example of each.
Detergents that can be degraded by bacteria are called biodegradable detergents. Such detergents have straight hydrocarbon chains. For example: sodium lauryl sulphate
Detergents that cannot be degraded by bacteria are called non-biodegradable detergents. Such detergents have highly-branched hydrocarbon chains. For example: sodium -4- (1, 3, 5, 7- tetra methyl octyl) benzene sulphonate
1. Which of the following caused radioactive pollution along the coast of Kerala?
2. The metal extracted from Bauxite is :
3. Bakelite is a copolymer of Phenol and
5. The gas used for artificial fruit ripening of green fruit is –
6. The next higher homologue of C6H14 is