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No, it's actually MORE dense than MOST hydrocarbons. There are very few, such as acetic acid, carbon tetrachloride, chloroform, who are MORE dense, but MOST hydrocarbons are definitely LESS DENSE THAN WATER.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe question is against my experience -- oil floats on water and hence oil density is lower than water density.
Oils are generally hydrophobic -- dislike bonding with water. On the other hand, water molecules like to stick together, because of hydrogen bonds.
Oil molecules tend to spread out more because of the carbon-bonding molecular structure -- it is harder to fit two twisting organic molecules into a tight space than water molecules, which are much smaller.
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