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    Soap and detergent

    Hello everyone, you are probably wondering why I’m about to give a
    speech when the party is about to start. Well, I will make it short. The
    boss has chosen me and my colleagues to give you a little recap on the
    history of soap and detergent. I think you will be interested in what
    we’re about to tell you, because we make soap, but do we know its
    history ?
    It all starts with soap, with its creation dating back to ancient Babylon.
    Humans have built on that knowledge to create the soaps and
    detergents we use to clean dishes, laundry, our homes and ourselves
    today.

    The soap we all know is made from a base such as soda or potash and
    a fatty substance such as oil or fat. From these raw materials, it is
    possible to carry out saponification, which is the soap-making process.

    As you can imagine, the composition of the very first soap was quite
    different. In 2800 BC, a soap like material was found made by boiled
    ashes and fat together. Without the discoveries of three chemists, our
    soaps would be different today.

    These discoveries also led to the industrialisation of soap production.

    In 1791, Nicolas Leblanc invented a process for making soda on a large scale. It worked, but it was
    expensive and polluted. Etienne Solvay then improved the process. At the same time, the invention of
    electricity and the installation of large factories increased production possibilities.
    On the other side, the discoveries of the chemist Michel Eugene Chevreuil gave rise to the science of
    modern soap-making.

    This was the golden age of soap-making. Soap, which was heavily taxed, gradually became cheaper. It
    was produced in large quantities, and its use was recommended or even imposed during hygiene and
    public health campaigns.

    Enough about soap. Let's move on to detergent.

    What are the main differences between them? Firstly, soap is made from natural ingredients, while
    detergent is made from synthetic ingredients. In terms of effectiveness, detergent is more likely to be
    used to remove oil and grease stains. Finally, the domains of use is not the same. Soap combined with
    water is used to clean the human body. Detergents are used for cleaning operations.

    These did not see the light of day until the First World War. This war stopped the expansion of soap
    due to shortages of raw materials. Soap became more and more rare. In a hurry, chemists had to find
    another way of making soap. Using synthesised raw materials, they produced a product with
    properties similar to soap. This was detergent.

    But it was from 1945 that the production of synthetic detergents expanded considerably, to the
    detriment of soaps. The need for new types of detergent for washing machines in particular
    accelerated this trend.

    Although soap is a good cleaning product, its effectiveness is greatly reduced when used with hard
    water.

    As time went on, detergents were improved for use in many domains, such as dishwashing, washing
    fine fabrics or heavily soiled laundry.

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