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Post #45,785
by hnick
7/16/02 12:51:05 PM
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New What I recall from high school...
is that detergents are long molecules that are polar on one end and non-polar on the other. The polar end allows miscibility with water, while the non-polar end allows the same with grease/oils and other non-polar materials.

It's been a while, so my memory could be faulty...

Hugh
Post #45,825
by Ashton
7/16/02 8:28:16 PM
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New Similar to that last
Polarized fershure.. but the explanation for collecting 'dirt' seemed more a physical chemistry attraction and not an actual chemical (bonding) effect. Old too, so maybe by now someone actually Understands.

I've used some Industrial detergents which acted as if they'd clean carburetors; in fact, they did! :-)

(Hell it may be as subtle as the fact that, were there no hydronium molecule performing weirdly as it does: we wouldn't be having this conversation)


Ashton

PS another "long chain polymer" ~ like a detergent -- is the active ingredient in Tweek\ufffd 'contact enhancer' whose amazing property is that: under [sufficient] pressure it conducts electrons but is otherwise a good insulator! Sufficient turns out to be - most electrical contacts except the really 'soft' kind. And.. it's alcohol soluble, making application EZ. The first Cure for lots of kinds of intermittents, now proven in really tough environments.
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                             What I recall from high school... - (hnick) - (1) - July 16, 2002, 12:51:05 PM EDT
                                 Similar to that last - (Ashton) - July 16, 2002, 08:28:16 PM EDT

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