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Why doesn\'t oil dissolve in water? g oil molecules covalently bond together, forming droplets that separate from water?
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Why doesn\'t oil dissolve in water? g oil molecules covalently bond together, forming droplets that separate from water?

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Oil is nonpolar and interacts with itself through van der Waals forces and is unable to interact with water. Water itself is held together by hydrogen bonds from polar interactions that prevent nonpolar species from interacting with it.
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