What is the Effect of Soaps Against Viruses?

In our time, access to everything natural has become difficult with the effect of industrialization, because with the increasing in population, people sought ways to produce more with less casualties in order to meet the needs of the increasing mass. For example, Siyez wheat is a type of wheat with 14 chromosomes with a history of 10 thousand years. After the Second World War, Dr. Norman Borlaug and the Rockefeller Foundation with the project supported by wheat production in the world doubled by applying modern cultivation techniques to high-yielding wheat varieties, and this development was called the “Green Revolution”.

Dr. Borlaug won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 for this achievement. The genetically modified hybridized wheat species we consume today have 42 chromosomes and unfortunately there is not enough data on their effects on human health yet. In the same way, although very large studies have been carried out on the negative effects of soaps with chemical additives produced in machines on human health, we do not have enough information yet, Because they have a history of at most 100-200 years.

How Are Oils and Soaps Formed?

Fats are highly complex esters formed of fatty acids of animal or vegetable origin with glycerin (glycerol). Soap is the carboxylic acid salts obtained as a result of the reaction (NaOH, KOH, etc) with reaction with oils or fatty acids of vegetable and animal origin with alkali hydroxides and are often used as cleaners.

How Soap Cleans and Dissolves Oil?

The dirt on our bodies, on our belongings and on our clothes is covered with a very thin layer of oil. If we can remove this covered oil layer, we can also eliminate dirt and viruses. A single soap molecule consists of a long, hydrocarbon-like carbon chain on one side that is either highly polar or ionic aggregated. The carbon chain is oil soluble, the polar end is water soluble. When soap mixes with water, tiny particles of soap smaller than 500 nm disperse in the water. Molecules of soap cluster in this solution is The fat-soluble carbon chains gather at the center of this cluster.

The water-soluble end of the soap molecule forms the surface of this aggregation. The outer part of the clusters is negatively charged and the positively charged sodium ions collect outside the cluster. These clusters consist of 50 to 150 soap molecules. These soaps molecules envelop the oils and mix without dissolving in water. Thus, oils and dirt are freed from the surface and trapped in the water.

To make it more understandable, we have added an animation video below about how is soap dissolves and neutralizes viruses. During this pandemic, do not forget to wash your hands frequently with soap and use disinfectants that do not irritate your skin.