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Why is alcohol misible in water?

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14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

Alcohol is miscible in water because they both have similar properties.

A good rule of thumb is "like dissolves like"

For example, water, which consists of polar molecules, is not miscible in oil, because oil consists of nonpolar hydrocarbon chain molecules.

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