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Why is the fat loving part of an emulsifying molecule is called the hydrophobic end?
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becaue there is bile
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What are properties of hydrophobic and hydrophilic?
hydrophobic is water hating and hydrophilic is water loving ( attracts water).
Why do amphipathic molecules form micelles in water?
Amphipathic molecules are by definition those that contain both hydrophobic (water hating) and hydrophilic (water loving) regions. The area of the molecule that likes water tends to stay in the aqueous region whereas the region of the molecules that hates water tends to cluster with other hydrophobic regions. This untimately results in the hydrophobic regions packing together and forming a region that is impervious to water molecules. Such a structure is called a micelle
Do phospholipids contain polar tails and nonpolar head groups?
The compound with both a non-polar tail and a polar head is called an amphiphilic molecule. An amphiphilic molecule can form micelles. These such micelles is how detergents dissolve dirt. A big example of micelles are phospholipids.
What is hydropholic?
A water loving molecule!
What does hydrophilic mean and how do you determine if a molecule is hydrophilic or hydrophobic?
Hydrophilic, or 'water loving' refers to molecules that are easily miscible in water. Polar molecules and ionic compounds are generally hydrophilic, and non-polar molecules are generally hydrophobic.See the Related Questions to the left for more information about how to determine if a molecule is non-polar, polar, or ionic.
What are substance that are water loving called?
Hydrophilic (water loving)
Is the substance that loves water called hydrophobic?
No, it's called hydrophylic,-phylic means: 'loving', -phobic means: 'fearing'
What are properties of hydrophobic and hydrophilic?
hydrophobic is water hating and hydrophilic is water loving ( attracts water).
What is the similarities of hydrophillic and hydrophobic?
it is the opposite. Hydrophobic is water hating, hydrophilic is water loving. ie, hydrophobic substances avoid water, hydrophilic are attracted
What does water-loving and water-hating mean?
hydrophobic is water hating and hydrophilic is water loving
Why do amphipathic molecules form micelles in water?
Amphipathic molecules are by definition those that contain both hydrophobic (water hating) and hydrophilic (water loving) regions. The area of the molecule that likes water tends to stay in the aqueous region whereas the region of the molecules that hates water tends to cluster with other hydrophobic regions. This untimately results in the hydrophobic regions packing together and forming a region that is impervious to water molecules. Such a structure is called a micelle
Why is the fat-loving part of a emulsifer called the hydrophobic end?
"Hydro" means water and "phobic" means "to fear." So the fat-loving side doesn't like water and will want to interact with fat.
Water loving molecule?
This is a hydrophile molecule.
Tails of phospholipids that dont like water?
Phospholipids have a lipid tail. This is non-polar and therefore hydrophobic (water hating). The phosphate head is polar and hydrophilic (water-loving).
What molecule is hydrophobic?
It means: NOT 'loving' the water, it is quite unsoluble in water or badly mixable with water when it is a fluid. (E.g. oil, fat, petrol). The opposite is hydrophylic: salts, sugar, acids, alcohol, many food stuffs
What is hydrophobic and hydrophyilic?
the definition for hydrophobic is having little or no affinity for water. the definition for hydrophilic is having a strong affinity for water. All those compounds which have polar chemical structure possess affinity to water or can dissolve in water like alcohol, and those with non-polar structure are hydrophobic and cant dissolve in water like fat, oils etc.
Why are proteins amphipathic?
Because the heads of the phospholipids are hydrophilic (water loving) and the tails of the phospholipids are hydrophobic (water hating). The tails are pointing towards each other and the heads are facing the membranes.
