How Do Soap and Water Make Us Clean? | Chemistry for Kids

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January 08 2023

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Shelly Tsujiura

A SciShow Kids viewer wrote us and asked: How does soap work? Find out what really happens when you take a bath!

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SOURCES:

Source: www.ck12.org/physical-science/Mixtures-in-Physical-Science/lesson/Mixtures/

Source:www.aad.org/dermatology-a-to-z/for-kids/about-skin/taking-care-of-your-skin/washing

Source, and a nice drawing of the micelle around an oil particle:www.planet-science.com/categories/under-11s/chemistry-chaos/2011/06/soap---how-does-it-get-things-clean.aspx

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