Water dissolves substances because it's hydrogen bonds make it a polar molecule. Thus, the positive and negative ends of the water molecules attract the negative and positive ends (respectively) of substances, thus pulling them apart and dissolving the substance.
Oil, however, is a nonpolar substance, so it is not attracted to the polarity of water.
Oil doesn't dissolve in water for a couple of reasons. First, water is polar, meaning that it has a partial positive charge on one side and a partial negative charge on the other side. Because of this, it dissolves substances that are charged or polar themselves, since the positive charges of the substance would be drawn to the negative oxygen and the negative charges would be drawn to the positive hydrogen. The water molecules would pull them apart and/or surround them in a way that separates them. Oil isn't charged like that, since hydrocarbons aren't polar. (Maybe the ends of the oil molecules might have that, but the hydrocarbon parts of the molecules are so long that the percentage of the molecule that would have a polar part is negligible). Hydrocarbons tend to huddle together and are called hydophobic (avoid water). The lack of polarity/charge prevents water from pulling them apart. A second reason is that oil is less dense than water, so it will float on top of water, rather than mix at the same level.
Good question... With the information in my science classes, OIL does not dissolve in anything. But in my opinion I believe it is possible for oil to dissolve. I think oil may dissolve in acids, or any type of chemical. Oil can also dissolve when placed in boiling water for a period of time. Hope this helps! Good luck
what does not turn dissolve in water is you! our bodies cannot melt in water
Giant covalent substances like diamond tend not to dissolve in anything. Non polar molecular substances such as hydrocarbons are not attracted to water.
Polar substances are miscible (will dissolve) in each other and non-polar substances will dissolve in each other. "Like dissolves like!" Mineral oil is non-polar. Hexane is a six carbon chain and is also non-polar. Water on the other hand is polar because it contains an electronegative oxygen.
The word "soluble" (in science) refers to something that can dissolve in something else, like salt in water. The word "insoluble" refers to something that does not dissolve in something else, like oil in water.
No. Oil will dissolve in fatty (hydrophobic) liquids, not in hydrophilics like water.
The reason why oil doesn't dissolve in ocean water is because oil is nonpolar and water is polar.
Because oil is very complex, and water can not dissolve such complex structures.
oil does not dissolve at all in water.
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.
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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.