any matter that is water repelant such as grease or silicone & oil based paint
The meaning of hydrophobic is which rejects water, which cannot be wetted; solids are hydrophobic not liquids.
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hydrophobic.
Detergents typically have a polar head and non-polar. Polar things dissolve polar things, and non-polar dissolves non-polar. Water-based stains are polar, or hydrophilic, so the head group helps break them apart. The oil-based stains are broken down by the non-polar, or hydrophobic, tail groups.
No. Hydrophobic is a concept or symptom, not a substance as lipids are.
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
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.
Nonpolar means 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.
Hydrophobic.
hydrophobic
hydrophobic
The meaning of hydrophobic is which rejects water, which cannot be wetted; solids are hydrophobic not liquids.
The copper surface is not hydrophobic.
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hydrophobic.