Gaspar Navarrete
Well-Known Member
Hello everyone,
Can I get elucidation on this superfatting question from a chemistry point of view ?
From a helppage in SoapCalc, I learned that one end of the soap molecule grabs onto a water molecule, and the other end grabs onto a dirt molecule. When one washes the soap away, the dirt molecule is pulled away from the skin and is washed away as well
My question is this:
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When one superfats, one is adding oil to a big mass of soap molecules. Wouldn't the soap molecules immediately grab onto the molecules of the oil ? When one washes the soap away with water, how come all the superfat oil molecules (or most of them) don't get washed away along with the water & soap ?
Obviously the superfat oil manages to positively affect the skin. So how does it survive the "grab" of the soap molecules ?
Thanks.
Can I get elucidation on this superfatting question from a chemistry point of view ?
From a helppage in SoapCalc, I learned that one end of the soap molecule grabs onto a water molecule, and the other end grabs onto a dirt molecule. When one washes the soap away, the dirt molecule is pulled away from the skin and is washed away as well
My question is this:
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When one superfats, one is adding oil to a big mass of soap molecules. Wouldn't the soap molecules immediately grab onto the molecules of the oil ? When one washes the soap away with water, how come all the superfat oil molecules (or most of them) don't get washed away along with the water & soap ?
Obviously the superfat oil manages to positively affect the skin. So how does it survive the "grab" of the soap molecules ?
Thanks.
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