Which of the following detergents can cause maximum pollution ?

question : Which of the following detergents can cause maximum pollution ?

(4) Detergents are always pollution-free

Answer : from all above options the correct answer is “(1) CH₃CH(C₄H₉)- CH₂CH₂CH(C₄H₉)(CH₂)₃CH(C₄H₉)CH₂CH₂SO₃Na”

Explanation of answer : Since it has a long chain, it undergoes slow biodegradation. It means those substances which contains large branches or chain , they will non biodegrade or we can say that they will take more time to get biodegrade. here you should remember that those objects or substances which decompose are called biodegrade and such things are called biodegradable items.

As we can see in all above options the option (1) substance consists largest chain and as per our definition given above that those substances which consists large chain are difficult to biodegrade or decompose that is why CH₃CH(C₄H₉)- CH₂CH₂CH(C₄H₉)(CH₂)₃CH(C₄H₉)CH₂CH₂SO₃Na detergents can cause maximum pollution because it does decompose easily. that is why we have given this as our answer.