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Are fats hydrophillic

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13y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

No. Hydrophillic freely associates with water, readily entering into solution, and water loving. Fats, or lipids, are hydrophobic, which are incapable of freely associating water molecules, insoluble, and water-fearing.

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