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Oil floats on water, and has a lower density.
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Does freshwater have a lower density than salt water?
Yes, fresh water has a slightly lower density than salt water.
Is the density of water more then the density of oil?
Cooking oil has a density of 910 to 930 kilograms per cubic meter or 0.91 to 0.93 grams per cubic centimeter. Therefore it is lighter than water and floats on it.
Why is oil insoluble?
Beause it has a lower density so it stays over water try it it wont mix well Because oils are polar.
How do you measure the density of oil in water?
Objects/substances that are more dense sink relative to objects/substances that are less dense. Pour the oil and water into the one container contemporaneously. Then wait. The less dense substance will rise to the top.
Why cant oil and water mix?
While water often mixes with other liquids to form solutions, oil and water does not. Water molecules are strongly attracted to each other, this is the same for oil, because they are more attracted to their own molecules they just don't mix together. They separate and the oil floats above the water because it has a lower density.
Does oil or water have the lower density?
Oil
Why oil floating in water?
Oil density of water is lower.
Why oil not mixed with water?
Because of different densities; being density of oil lower than water density, this makes oil float on water
What scientific concept explains why oil floats on water?
Density of oil is less than water, all objects having density lower than water float in water.
Which has the lowest density between cooking oil and water?
The oil is floating on water, so it density is lower than that of water.
What liquid floats on water?
gasoline/petrol,,,,,,,,,,, oil base products
Why does water weigh more than cooking oil?
It dosent, waters density is lower then cooking oil, resulting in cooking oil floating on water
Why is water lighter than oil?
Oil is lighter than water due to it's lower specific gravity, specific gravity being the "density" of a fluid relative to water.
Why the oil floats after the mixture is stop being stirred?
Oil is usually lighter (lower density) than water.
Why does oil float on the water?
Because the specific gravity of oil is lower than that of water. The density of water is 1 g/cm 3 and since the density of oil is less than 1 g/cm 3 it will float. if the density was more than it would sink.
If a substance had a high viscosity does that same substance have a high density?
No. For instance oil is more viscous then water but has a lower density
Why when you put water on the bottom and cooking oil on the top why doesn't the oil sink?
Cooking oil has a higher viscosity. Alcohol doesn't, thus it "floats" (more like lies) on the matter which is heavier. Also, oil isn't polar and water is therefore they don't mix
