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Phospholipids are made up of a hydrophilic head and a hydrophobic tail. The head group has a 'special' region that changes between various phospholipids. This head group will differ between cell membranes [types of cells] or different concentrations of specific 'head groups'. The fatty acid tails call also differ, but there is always one saturated and one unsaturated 'leg' of the tail.
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Triglyceride in which one fatty acid is replaced by a polar phosphate group?
phospholipid
How do polar molecules differ from non-polar molecules?
Polar molecules have positive charge on one side and negative charge on other side. Non polar molecules have covalent bond and do not have positive and negative charge on one or other side of the molecule.
What is stickier a non polar molecule or a polar one?
A polar molecule.
The head of a phospholipid can be described as?
Hydrophilic or water-loving. The head of a phospholipid is attracted to water.Hope this helps!
What is different between polar and non-polar molecules?
A polar molecule is one that has a negatively charged end and a positively charged end, which form poles. A non-polar molecule doesn't.
The water soluble portion of a phospholipid is the polar head which generally consists of a glycerol molecule linked to a phosphate group?
No, you do not have that quite correct. A Phospholipid molecule has one end that is hydrophilic (is attracted to water) while the other end is hydrophobic (is repelled water but is attracted to fats).
Do petroleum ether and methanol mix?
No, one is polar, the other is non polar
Triglyceride in which one fatty acid is replaced by a polar phosphate group?
phospholipid
How do polar molecules differ from non-polar molecules?
Polar molecules have positive charge on one side and negative charge on other side. Non polar molecules have covalent bond and do not have positive and negative charge on one or other side of the molecule.
Is the phospholipid molecule has two parts the polar end and the bipolar end?
No, you do not have that quite correct. A Phospholipid molecule has one end that is hydrophilic (is attracted to water) while the other end is hydrophobic (is repelled water but is attracted to fats).
Which part of the phospholipids is attracted to water?
The hydrophilic end of the phospholipid is the end that is attracted to water. Only the hydrophilic end will come in contact with the water. The other, hydrophobic ends, will face inward and touch each other.
What is polar and not polar?
A polar molecule, like water, is one that has a slight positive charge on one side and a slight negative charge on the other. A non-polar molecule, like a lipid, is one that has a neutral charge throughout.
What is stickier a non polar molecule or a polar one?
A polar molecule.
Do egg white polar or non-polar?
they are amphiphilic, meaning they possess polar and non-polar qualities. Soap is an example of one of these.
Is methanol hydrophilic or hydrophobic?
It is hydrophilic, because it is a non symetric molecule, one end of it (the group CH3) is non polar while the other (OH) is polar, this part is attracted to water molecules which are also polar (one part of them is positive and the other negative) therefore you can mix methanol with water.
Is triphenylmethanol polar or non polar?
it's going to be non-polar because its shape will be symetrical
How do you separate oil from water in a mixture?
it will separate itself because one is polar and the other is non-polar. they wshouldn't mix in the first place.
