About This Lesson
It's a staple of Spring Cleaning: all-purpose ammonia cleaner. “The Dirt on Ammonia as a Cleaning Agent” explains how ammonia works with water to dissolve fatty acids, like stearic acid, in greasy dirt.
Keywords: Acids, Bases, Ammonia, Cleaning, Agent, Charges, Chemistry, Chemical, Solubility, Nonpolar, Polar, Molecules