Imagine a drop of oil in water. If you add a surfactant, explain how the surfactant molecules organize themselves around the oil

Question

timofeeve [1]

4 years ago

13

Imagine a drop of oil in water. If you add a surfactant, explain how the surfactant molecules organize themselves around the oil

drop.

Chemistry

2 answers:

Annette [7] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-23T22:51:13+03:00

Annette [7]4 years ago

8 0

<span>the hydrophobic portions would surround the oil and hydrophilic would surround the water... for either</span>

Alja [10] · Answer 2 · 2022-01-24T00:38:03+03:00

Explanation:

Surfactant are the substances that help in reducing the surface tension between two liquids. These liquids can be either a gas and a liquid or a liquid and a solid.

Therefore, when a surfactant is added to a mixture of oil and water then hydrophilic molecules of surfactant will surround the water molecules whereas hydrophobic molecules will surround the oil molecules.