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because oil is a heavier liquid and water is a lighter liquid. you can see this by pouring some water and oil in a glass cup and wait until it settles. you can see that oil will be on the bottom and water will be on top.
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If oil is mixed with boiler feed water?
Oils and water are not miscible.
What does the alka seltzer do to water when mixed with oil?
It sucks my balls
Soap can remove grease and oil from your skin because it acts as what?
Soap can remove grease and oil from your skin because it acts as an emulsifying agent. When mixed with water, soap can clean the skin because it suspends oils and dirt so that this can be removed easily. By itself, water cannot remove oil or grease from skin.
How can you seprate oil from water?
Heating mineral oil that has been mixed with water will cause the water to evaporate. Since the mineral oil evaporates at higher temperatures than water, the water vapor can be collected first and stored in a separate container.
What is a solution of one liquid in another liquid?
Water particles mixed with other liquid particles. Example: water and oil or water and cordial.
What is showed when water and oil are mixed?
they cannot be mixed unless some complex nano science is used which has not happened till now
Can you use oil base to tint latex?
No, you cannot. Oil and water won't mix together and the mixture will never dry properly.
What are immiscible liqids?
Immiscible liquids do not mix with each other and don't form homogeneous mixtures. An example of this type of relationship is between water and oil (they separate)
Why does water go straight to bottom when mixed with oil?
Water is heavier than oil. Oil floats on water.
What rises when oil and water are mixed together?
The oil will rise to the top and float on the water.
Why the oil stays on the surface if you mixed in water?
Oil is not as dense as water. So, even when they are mixed, the water molecules can still slide down in between the oil molecules, thereby causing the oil molecules to form a layer on the surface of the water.
Can you mix water with oil?
No we cannot mix water with oil.
What are immiscrible liquid?
I think what you meant was immiscible liquids. Immiscible liquid mean that it cannot form a homgeneous mixture when they are mixed together. A good example o f this is water are oil. The oil sits on top of the water.
What will happen if oil mixed with warm water?
Not a lot, water and oil don't mix and so the oil will float on top of the water.
When water and oil are mixed and they separate which one separates to the top?
oil
How can you tell if head gasket is blown?
Water mixed with oil? Oil mixed with water? White smoke out of tailpipe? Lack of compression on 2 adjacient cylinders?
What are the examples of immiscible liquids?
immiscible - oil and water miscible - water and ethyl alcohol
