answersLogoWhite

0

Table salt (sodium chloride) is not soluble in cooking oil because salt is hydrophilic (water-loving) while oil is hydrophobic (water-repelling). The polar nature of salt molecules does not allow them to dissolve in nonpolar cooking oil.

User Avatar

AnswerBot

1y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

Is salt soluble in coconut oil?

Salt is not soluble in coconut oil because salt is hydrophilic (water-loving) and coconut oil is hydrophobic (water-repelling). This makes them immiscible in each other. Salt dissolves in water, not in oil.


Why is margarine soluble in cooking oil?

Because margarine is a fat as is the cooking oil.


how can we seperate cooking oil and salt with a filter?

Pour the mixture into the filter and since cooking oil is liquid and salt is a solid, salt is going to remain as the residue and cooking oil as the filtrate


Which is more soluble salt oil glass or linen?

More soluble in what? What is the SOLVENT? If you mean which is most soluble in WATER, then it would certainly be salt, if by salt, you mean sodium chloride.


Will table salt dissolve in olive oil?

no


Why does table salt dissolve in water but not cooking oil?

Sodium chloride crystals dissolve in water easier that oil because the strong electrostatic attraction between the sodium and chloride ions. This mean that there are little energy change in water.


Is cooking oil soluble in isoprophyl alcohol?

Isopropanol is completely miscible with water as well as partially miscible with vegetable oil.


What do you put on steak when cooking it?

olive oil salt pepper


What are the examples of soluble and insoluble?

An example of an item that is soluble in water is salt. If you put salt in water, the salt disappears. An insoluble item in water is oil or sand, because no matter how many times you stir it, the sand or oil is always there.


Give two examples of a substances that a soluble in water?

An example of an item that is soluble in water is salt. If you put salt in water, the salt disappears. An insoluble item in water is oil or sand, because no matter how many times you stir it, the sand or oil is always there.


Is oil and table salt the same?

No, they are extremely different substances.


What does soluble and insoluble?

A substance is soluble with another substance if it can be dissolved into it. solubility is defined with respect to another substance (usually water) eg) salt is soluble in water. oil is insoluble in water.