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Cleaners When I looked up information on cleaners I found that the word detergent and cleaner is really the same thing. There are quite a few things that can be considers detergents. Even water is a detergent or cleaner. Water Water is the most basic detergent and it works to clean mainly by washing way the surface dirt. Water can be soft or hard depending on the minerals in the water. Soft water that comes from rivers and lakes makes a better cleaner. Soap
Synthetic
Detergents Synthetic detergents are made from synthetic molecules that come from petroleum. These molecules are sometimes called surfactants (short for surface-active-agents) and are mixed with other types of ingredients such as enzymes and phosphates. Synthetic detergents are not as biodegradable and non-renewable. These types of cleaners are use widely for laundry and dishwashers and other cleaning activities. Saponins Saponins come from a wide group of plants that produce saponin molecules. The plant I am using in my experiment is called Saponaria officinalis (Prairie Carnation). Saponins can be made from different parts of plants; sometimes the roots such as in the soap root plant sometimes the leaves and sometimes the seeds. Since saponins can be made by mixing plants and water they are believed to be the oldest man used cleaners.
NOTE!!!! Saponins can be poisonous if you eat or breath
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Soap is a type of
detergent. Soap is made out of lye, which can be made from the water
mixed with the ashes from burnt wood, and fat or oil from either
vegetable or animals. Soap is the oldest man made cleaner. They have
been using soap as a cleaner for 4,500 years. Soap can be considered a
biodegradable and renewable resource. 
