Question

are hydrocarbons soluble in H20?

Answer 1

hydrocarbons are non polar
water is polar

polar compounds dissolve polar medai
non polar compounds dissolve in nonpolar media
and nonpolar and polar compounds are nonmiscible

Answer 2

so the answer is no

Answer 3

yup

Answer 4

are there any explanations to it, besides the polar & non polar part

Answer 5

hydrophilic ( polar) and hydrophobic(nonpolar)

Answer 6

umm... i did this lab, and that q' came up in the report but i cant write about non polar and polar becoz that will be out of topic
so any simpler answer ?

Answer 7

i don't think soo;) dipole moment may work but not straight forward

Answer 8

o.O

Answer 9

are they soluble in kerosene ?

Answer 10

Hydrocarbons are soluble in kerosene
bcoz kerosene itself is Hydrocarbon
like dissolves like :)

Answer 11

that makes sense thank you