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Non Life Sciences => Chemistry => Topic started by: thedoc on 04/12/2016 05:23:04

Title: Do "Laundry Balls" work?
Post by: thedoc on 04/12/2016 05:23:04

Brenda Herbert asked the Naked Scientists:
   Are the latest "laundry balls" for real? Apparently they have ceramic beads in them that change the water thus making it an effective cleaning agent. Is this true?
What do you think?

Title: Re: Do
Post by: Bored chemist on 04/12/2016 10:52:11

No
The seem to because, even without any active detergent or other real cleaning agent, stirring clothes up with hot water will remove a fair amount of dirt from them.