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Hexane and water do not form a solution which statment explains this phenomenon

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for two things to dissolve, they have to have similar properties. "like dissolves like"

hexane is a hydrocarbon molecule. this means it is nonpolar. water is polar. since they are different, they don't mix to form a solution
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