What are biodegradable and non-biodegradable detergents? Give one example of each class.
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Biodegradable detergents : Detergents having straight hydrocarbon chains are easily decomposed by micro-organism are called biodegradable detergents.
Example : Sodium lauryl sulphate.
Non-biodegradable detergents : The detergents containing branched hydro carbon chains are not easily degraded (or decomposed) by the micro-organisms are called Non-biodegradable detergents
Example : Sodium 4 – (1, 3, 5, 7-tetramethylocyl) benzene sulphonate.