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Default Chemistry help for cleaning the wife's pots & pans with pool acid

On 7/31/2017 1:18 PM, Frank wrote:

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Frank... I have a chemistry question related to detergent/soap suds and
oil/grease.

I've noticed that many soaps will bubble and lather up nicely but when
it hits the oil or grease that the lather and bubbles disappear. Also,
if oil or grease is present that soap doesn't want to bubble up.

The reason I ask is I see the same thing happen when I use liquid bath
soap and bath oil. If I haven't used any bath oil in the tub, the
liquid bath soap will lather and bubble up nicely, but if I used bath
oil before using the soap, the soap won't lather up at all.

Is the oil breaking down the bath soap or vice versa? What causes the
soap to not lather up if oil is present in the water?

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Maggie