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Hydrophilic means loving water, or having a close affinity to it.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agoIt means liking or having affinity for water.
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What is the opposite of hydrophobic?
Hydrophilic
The term rolling means?
The term "rolling" means
What is the root word of hydro?
It means water, some examples... hydrophobic: water-hater hydrophilic: water-loving
What the term deceleration means?
That means slowing down.
The term ethnic cleansing means .?
The term ethnic cleansing means to rid the world completely of an entire ethnicity.
What term means likes water?
Hydrophilic.
Is hydrophilic and oleophilic the same?
No they are opposite. Hydrophilic means water loving. Oleophilic means oil loving.
If something is described as hydrophilic what quality does it have?
if something is hydrophilic, it means that it is soluble with water
WHAT IS THE SCIENTIFIC TERM FOR WATER LOVING?
Hydrophilic
How do you use hydrophilic in a sentence?
Amphiphile is a term describing a chemical compound possessing both hydrophilic and lipophilic properties
Is the polar end of the phospholipid plasma membrane hydrophobic or hydrophilic?
A polar molecule is hydrophilic, which means that it will easily dissolve in water. Examples of hydrophilic molecules are sugars and salts.
What term means hydrophobic and hydrophillic?
Hydro means water, phobic means to hate and philic means to love, so hydrophobic are those substances which do not dissolve in water and hydrophilic are those which easily become dissolve in water.
Can you explain hydrophilic lipophilic?
Hydrophilic means something that is attracted to or absorbed by water. Lipophilic is something that is attracted to or absorbed by fat.
Are materials dissolve in water are hydrphobic or hidrophilic?
If something is hydrophobic that means that it is water fearing, and if something is hydrophilic that means that it is water loving. So if a material is dissolved in water it is hydrophilic.
Does nonpolar means hydrophobic or hydrophilic?
Nonpolar means hydrophobic.
What term describes molecules that attract water or dissolve in it because of their polar nature?
hydrophilic
Are carbohydrates hydrophilic or hydrophobic and how do you test this?
hydrophilic b/c carbohydrates are made of sugars; sugars (such as glucose) have LOTS of hydroxyl groups which are hydrophilic, therefore carbohydrates are hydrophilic
