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What does hydrophobic mean?

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Hydrophobic means repelling or failing to mix with water.
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What does hydrophobic mean?

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The hydrophobic mean "water fearing"/ "the fear of water" , this describe it's the segregation of water and nonpolar substances, which maximizes hydrogen bonding between molecules of water and minimizes the area of contact between water and nonpolar molecules and the meaning the atoms that make the molecule.

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