What are some uses for soaps and synthetic detergents?
There are several factors that dictate what compositions of detergent should be used, including the material to be cleaned, the apparatus to be used, and tolerance for and type of dirt. For instance, all of the following are used to clean glass. The sheer range of different detergents that can be used demonstrates the importance of context in the selection of an appropriate glass-cleaning agent: * a chromic acid solution—to get glass very clean for certain precision-demanding purposes such as analytical chemistry * a high-foaming mixture of surfactants with low skin irritation—for hand-washing of dish ware in a sink or dishpan * any of various non-foaming compositions—for dish ware in a dish washing machine * other surfactant-based compositions—for washing windows with a squeegee, followed by rinsing * an ammonia-containing solution—for cleaning windows with no additional dilution and no rinsing * ethanol or methanol in windshield washer fluid—used for a vehicle in motion, with no addi
