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Why wont oil dissolve well in the gulf of Mexico?

Updated: 8/19/2019
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Oil are nonpolar substances, and water is a polar substance. Because of this, water molecules are more attracted to each other than the oil, and will not break their bonds to dissolve the oil.

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