Oil and water do not mix with each other how will you demonstrate this in a laboratory


Oil and water do not mix because oil is hydrophobic or insoluble and water is hydrophilic.
For a demonstration in the laboratory, 
  • Take a beaker containing water.
  • Add oil to this beaker of water.
  • Observation: the oil drops added to  water, is seen as a bubble or small globules but not being mixed with water.
  • Hence, water and oil cannot dissolve with each other.

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Updated on: 10-Oct-2022

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