Multiple choice

Which of the following potassium salts is also termed as Mud soap?

  1. Potassium lauryl sulphate

  2. Potassium malate

  3. Potassium manganate

  4. Potassium metabisulphite

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Explanation

Potassium lauryl sulphate (KC12H25SO4), is very much similar to sodium lauryl sulphate. Mud soaps are the terms often associated with this detergent. It has a better cleansing action indicated by the presence of potassium ion.