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Crude oil is a complex mixture of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. It does not dissolve in water unless you add a detergent to break down and encapsulate the oil.
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Does salad oil dissolve in water?
No. Oil will dissolve in fatty (hydrophobic) liquids, not in hydrophilics like water.
Name a molecule that does not dissolve well in water?
oil does not dissolve at all in water.
Why does water not dissolve motor oil?
because oil is nonpolar and water is polar
Does lubricating oil and water dissolve together?
No, lubricating oil does not dissolve in water. Because water is very polar and lubricating oil is nonpolar, it is not energetically favorable for oil to dissolve in water. The reasoning behind this is that water's strong hydrogen bonds must be broken in order for the oil to dissolve, and because only weaker bonds are formed in the process, it takes too much energy for this process to occur.
Why do samples dissolve in mineral oil but not water?
I don't know what these samples are of, but somethings just dissolve in oil but not in water. That's one of the properties they have.
Is crude petroleum a solution or a mechanical mixture?
Crude Oil is a mixture of thousands of compounds of hydrocarbons.
Does acetone dissolve crude oil like the sludge in the Gulf?
Crude oil has stuff like benzene, toluene, heptane and Octane in it. all those things are non-polar. polar and non-polar substances don't mix, like water (polar) and oil (non-polar). acetone is polar, but also non-polar due to its two methyl groups. So, yes. Acetone does dissolve crude oil.
Does salad oil dissolve in water?
No. Oil will dissolve in fatty (hydrophobic) liquids, not in hydrophilics like water.
Does crude oil weight more than water?
water weighs more than Crude Oil
What comes out of the ground with crude oil?
Natural gas and water may be produced along with the crude oil. For this reason, when the crude oil is produced, it must be processed and the gas and water separated out, so the oil can be sold to refineries.
Why doesnt oil dissolve in ocean water?
The reason why oil doesn't dissolve in ocean water is because oil is nonpolar and water is polar.
Why cant water dissolve compounds such as oil?
Because oil is very complex, and water can not dissolve such complex structures.
Name a molecule that does not dissolve well in water?
oil does not dissolve at all in water.
Why oil and water dissolve?
the density of oil is more than the water.so,they will never dissolve with each other, rather the oil will float over the water.
Which liquid does not dissolve in water?
Oil
Do not dissolve in water?
oil... xpp
What liquids can not dissolve in water?
oil
