Lesson: Detergents Chemistry • Third Year of Secondary School

Students will be able to

• identify aromatic sulfonate salts as anionic detergents,
• describe the chemical composition and structure of anionic detergents as containing a head and tail group,
• identify the hydrophobic and hydrophilic moieties of an anionic detergent,
• describe how anionic detergents work to remove fatty/oily stains from fabrics,
• recognize the process of stain removal using anionic detergents from diagrams/images.