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Oil, being a non-polar covalent compound is not soluble in water, which is a polar solvent. Salts (not limited to NaCl, but all ionic salts,) being ionic compounds that disassociate in solution to form charged ions, are highly soluble in water.
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Why doesn't salt dissolve in baby oil?
because the oil's particles aren't attracted enough to break down the salt's particles - true like dissolves like if you know what that means than great
What melts ice the fastest sand mineral rock salt or cat litter?
Mineral salt lowers the freezing point of water, so it will melt.
What mineral taste like salt?
Halite. Salt IS a mineral, a rock. Its name, when you find it on the ground in its natural form, is Halite.
Is mineral oil a mineral?
No. By definition, a mineral must be a solid and have crystals
What is mineral oil and what are its physical properties and its formula?
What is mineral oil and what are its physical properties and its formula
Can cottonseed oil dissolve in mineral oil?
No
Does the salt dissolve in vegetable oil?
no
Do naphthalene crystals dissolve in mineral oil?
YES
What color is iodine when dissolve in mineral oil?
purple.
Will table salt dissolve in olive oil?
no
What happened when oil and salt mixed?
The salt will not dissolve in the oil because oil is nonpolar and salt is polar, and like dissolves like.
How does salt dissolve oil?
Baking soda dissolves faster than salt.
Why salt can dissolve in water?
The reason why salt cannot disolve in water , is because salt is a mineral, and minerals do not disolve in water.
Can salt will dissolve in vegetable oil without heating?
no it can not
Why do samples dissolve in mineral oil but not water?
I don't know what these samples are of, but somethings just dissolve in oil but not in water. That's one of the properties they have.
Why should you not expect the halides ions to dissolve in mineral oil?
halide ions strongly interact with the counter-ions. However, mineral oil is non-polar. To dissolve the halide ions (and the counter-ions) into mineral oil would drastically raise system energy. Thus it does not work. More simply, halide ions have a charge and won't easily dissolve in non-polar substances, since like-dissolves-like.
Why does salt not dissolve in water?
Because clay is not a salt; it's a mineral. However, clay particles can be so minute that they become invisible colloids in water.
