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What is an explanation of hydrophobic and hydrophilic substances?
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∙ 13y ago
The suffix "philic" means roughly" loving" or "attracted to". The suffix "phobic" roughly stands for "fear" or "fearful". The prefix "hydro" means water.
Putting it together, a hydrophilic substance is a substance that is attracted to water, while a hydrophobic substance repels water.
A good example of this is glass. Glass is naturally hydrophilic. The problem is, on windshields, water actually hinders our vision. Enter RainX. RainX coats the windshield and gives the glass its hydrophobic properties, therefore causing rain to bead up and drip down off the windshield allowing us a clear view of the road.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe tail part of a molecule of soap is called hydrophobic part as this part remains untouched with water.The head part of the molecule of a soap is called hydrophillic part because it always remains in contact with water.
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∙ 11y agoHydrophilic substances have polar regions (regions of excess positive or negative charge) that allow them to form hydrogen bonds with water, and with each other.
Hydrophobic substances have no net dipole moments, and cannot form hydrogen bonds with water and other polar substances. However, they can interact with other hydrophobic substances via van der Waals interactions.
Therefore, hydrophilic substances can only mix with other hydrophilic substances, but displace hydrophobic substances, and vice versa.
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∙ 13y agoNo... when you see phobic, think Phobia, afraid of...
Hydrophillic is water loving... Hyrdophobic water hating.
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What is the difference between hydrophobic and hydrophilic molecules nd hydrophilic c?
Hydrophobic is when something repels water and hydrophilic is when something attracts water.
Which materials dissolve in water- hydrophobic or hydrophilic?
hydrophobic
What is both hydrophilic and hydrophobic?
What molecules are both hydrophilic and hydropobic.
Hydrophobic layer of the cell membrane?
Plasma membrane is made of two layer of phospholipids. The outer layer is hydrophilic while inside the membrane is hydrophobic therefore plasma membrane is not a hydrophobic barrier -it regulates what enters and leave the cell.
Which molecule has hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties and would be found in plasma membranes?
That would be phospholipids. They are a major component of the plasma membrane and contain hydrophilic, as well as, hydrophobic properties.
What is the difference between diffusion of hydrophobic substances in comparison to hydrophilic ones across the plasma membrane?
the hydrophilic easier than hydrophobic substances
What is the similarities of hydrophillic and hydrophobic?
it is the opposite. Hydrophobic is water hating, hydrophilic is water loving. ie, hydrophobic substances avoid water, hydrophilic are attracted
How do hydrophobic and hydrophilic act?
Hydrophobic substances avoid or move away contact with water. Hydrophilic objects move toward water.
How do the hydrophobic and hydrophilic properties of phospholipids help in maintaining the structure of the cell membrane?
Hydrophilic molecules are attracted to water. Hydrophobic molecules are not attracted to water, but they are attracted to each other. Phospholipid molecules are unusual because they are partly hydrophilic and partly hydrophobic. The phosphate head is hydrophilic and the two hydrocarbon tails are hydrophobic. In water, phospholipids form double layer with the hydrophilic heads in contact with water on both sides and the hydrophilic tails away from water in the centre. This arrangement is found in biological membranes. The attraction between the hydrophobic tails in the centre and between the hydrophilic heads and the surrounding water makes membranes veery stable.
What name is given to substances that dissolve easily in water hydrophilic or hydrophobic?
Hydrophilic means that a substance has an affinity for/attraction to water. It binds with water easily. [It is the opposite of hydrophobic, where a substance has an aversion for water. It forms droplets in water (like oil).]
Is silica hydrophobic or hydrophilic?
It is hydrophilic
Is starch hydrophobic?
Starches can be both hydrophobic and hydrophilic, although most of them are hydrophilic.
Is vitamin A hydrophobic or hydrophilic?
hydrophobic
Is acrylic acid hydrophilic or hydrophobic?
Hydrophilic
Is N-H hydrophobic or hydrophilic?
hydrophilic
Are fish scales hydrophilic or hydrophobic?
Hydrophilic
Why hydrophilic proteins when placed in hydrophobic solvent their is denaturation of the proteins?
Hydrophilic molecules are repulsed by surrounding hydrophobic solvent. Hydrophilic tends to connect with hydrophilic, and hydrophobic with hydrophobic. If the protein as a part which is hydrophobic, then it will twist itself to accommodate those new connections, and when they change their form, they denature.
