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A fat (more properly called a lipid) molecule has a hydrophobic (water hating) head and a hydrocarbon tail, & the molecules form droplets by clumping together with the tails all on the inside & the heads all on the outside of the droplet; because the heads are are on the outside the droplets don't react readily with polar water molecules, but instead remain separate from the water.

An emulsifier molecule has a polar end and a non-polar tail; the tails bond with the heads of the fat molecules, forming a cluster on the outside of the oil droplets, whilst the polar ends are able to bond with the water molecules, thus holding the oil droplets within the water.

What is Emulsifier: Something you add to liquids that don't mix. Oil and water don't mix. Add an egg yolk they will mix. Egg yolk is the Emulsifier

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