I was washing dishes when I ran out of detergent. Looking around, I noticed a small bowl behind the sink with detergent in it. “Perfect”, I muttered. Dipping my sponge in it, I continued to wash the dishes. However, the very next plate came out oily. And the cup after that. I began to feel suspicious. Examining all the dishes, I soaked my sponge in the yellow liquid again in order to have even more soap to wash the oil off the dishes. But instead they came out even messier than before. Frustrated, I complained about the oil that would not go away. My parents then pointed out that the yellow liquid I thought was detergent was actually oil. Both liquids looked very similar. However they produced drastically different results. With one, the dishes
