This is because of the density of the two liquids. Density is a measure of the mass per unit volume of a substance. The oil is LESS dense than the water. This is because the molecules of oil are larger than the molecules of water, so oil particles take up more space per unit area.
As a result, the oil will rise to the top of the water. The second thing you will observe is that adding dish soap to the mixture changed the results of the experiment. This is because of the chemistry of the oil, water and soap molecules. Oil and other fats are made of nonpolar molecules, meaning they cannot dissolve in water. Water is made of polar molecules that can dissolve other polar molecules. Without soap, water and oil cannot interact because they are unlike molecules. When you add soap to the mixture, the hydrophobic end of the soap molecule breaks up the nonpolar oil molecules, and the hydrophilic end of the soap molecule links up with the polar water molecules.
Now that the soap is connecting the fat and water, the non-polar fat molecules can be carried by the polar water molecules. Now the oil and water can be mixed together and stay mixed together! Materials Glass Jar with a lid a pint canning jar works great 1 cup Water Food Coloring 1 cup Oil we used vegetable oil 2 teaspoons Dish Soap Instructions Start by filling the jar with 1 cup of water. Water molecules are polar and one end has a slight negative charge, the other a slight positive charge.
Those charges let the molecules form hydrogen bonds and attach to other molecules that are polar, including other water molecules. Oil molecules, however, are non-polar, and they can't form hydrogen bonds. If you put oil and water in a container, the water molecules will bunch up together and the oil molecules will bunch up together, forming two distinct layers.
To get around the propensity of oil and water molecules to only pal around with each other, you'll have to make an emulsion , dispersing one of the liquids in the other.
The oil always floats to the top because it is less dense than water. Now, MIT scientists have found a way to get the two substances to mix and stay stable for long periods no shaking required. Scientists primarily cooled down the bath of oil containing a small amount of surfactants. They then let the water vapor from the surrounding air condense onto the oil surface. This causes tiny, uniform water droplets on the surface that then sink into the oil, and their size can be controlled by adjusting the proportion of surfactants.
For various applications including new drug-delivery systems and food-processing methods, it is essential to get oil in water and form tiny droplets.
On an industrial scale, these emulsions are made by either mechanically shaking the blend or utilizing sound waves to set up serious vibrations inside the fluid. We have found how the presence of surfactant can change the oil and water interactions under such conditions, promoting oil spreading on water droplets and stabilizing them at the nanoscale.
The experiments used a particular surfactant that is widely used, but many other varieties are available, including some that are approved for food-grade products. Anand, the co-author who was a postdoc at MIT, is now an assistant professor at the University of Illinois.
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