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Anything non-polar is going to be hydrophobic, because water is polar. Most oils, grease, and hydrocarbons are non-polar, so water can't touch them. The word hydrophobic means "water-fearing" so it stays away. Polar substances would be hydrophilic in the presence of water. That word means "water-loving."
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What is characteristics of hydrophobic solution?
The meaning of hydrophobic is which rejects water, which cannot be wetted; solids are hydrophobic not liquids.
Does salad oil dissolve in water?
No. Oil will dissolve in fatty (hydrophobic) liquids, not in hydrophilics like water.
Which would you expect to have a lower boiling point assuming they were of similar molecular weights a hydrophobic liquid or a hydrophilic one?
hydrophobic would have the lower boiling point as there are less forces of attraction between the molecules. Hydrophilic liquids are polar and therefore have interactions between themselves.
Which materials dissolve in water- hydrophobic or hydrophilic?
hydrophobic
What kind of molecules are water fearing?
hydrophobic.
What is characteristics of hydrophobic solution?
The meaning of hydrophobic is which rejects water, which cannot be wetted; solids are hydrophobic not liquids.
What is characteristic of solution?
The meaning of hydrophobic is which rejects water, which cannot be wetted; solids are hydrophobic not liquids.
Does salad oil dissolve in water?
No. Oil will dissolve in fatty (hydrophobic) liquids, not in hydrophilics like water.
Which would you expect to have a lower boiling point assuming they were of similar molecular weights a hydrophobic liquid or a hydrophilic one?
hydrophobic would have the lower boiling point as there are less forces of attraction between the molecules. Hydrophilic liquids are polar and therefore have interactions between themselves.
Do hydrophobic molecules dissolve in water?
Hydrophobic Repelling, resists being combined with, or unable to dissolve in water. your wording is strange since a hydrophobic molecule repels water and not the other way around, water does not repel a hydrophobic molecule.
Is cholesterol hydrophobic or hydrophobic?
Cholesterol has many hydrophobic side chains and a single hydrophilic side chain. Because it contains both hydrophilic and hydrophobic groups, it is amphipathic.yes cholesterol Hydrophobic , choestol not soluble in water
Is vitamin A hydrophobic or hydrophilic?
hydrophobic
What is hydrophobic and how do you determine if a molecule is hydrophobic?
Hydrophobic means that the molecule is repelled by water. You can tell if a molecule is hydrophobic by the way the atoms are arranged.
Does nonpolar means hydrophobic or hydrophilic?
Nonpolar means hydrophobic.
Are lipids hydrophobic or hydrophobic?
All Lipids are hydrophobic: that's the one property they have in common. This group of molecules includes fats and oils, waxes, phospholipids, steroids and cholesterol.
The interior of the phospholipid bilayer is?
Hydrophobic.
Is the phosphate group hydrophobic or hydrophilic?
hydrophobic
