Question

Provide an explanation that is grounded in polarity that better explains why oil is not miscible in vinegar.

Answer 1

Explanation:

Vinegar is a sour liquid made up of acetic acid compounds. Oil is a complex non-polar chemical compound with a high amount of hydrogen and carbon in its structure.

• Vinegar is a polar acid, although a weak one.
• Generally, for a substance to mix with another one, they must be similar.
• Solubility of compounds controls miscibility.
• When two substances are miscible, they can be said to be soluble in one another.
• In solubility, like substances dissolves like substances.
• This implies that polar compounds will only dissolve polar compounds.
• Non-polar compounds will only dissolve in non-polar solvents.
• Since vinegar is polar and oil is non-polar, they will not dissolve one another.

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