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COMEDK · Chemistry · 32. Chemistry in Everyday Life

Which of the following is added to soaps to impart antiseptic properties?

  1. A Iodine
  2. B Furacine
  3. C Bithional
  4. D Terpineol
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(C) Bithional

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Soaps are sodium or potassium salts of long-chain fatty acids. To impart antiseptic properties to soaps, certain chemicals are added. Bithional, also known as bithionol, is a chemical compound added to soaps to reduce the odor produced by bacterial decomposition of organic…