Two students are discussing how oil behaves when it is mixed in water. Alice: Th

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Two students are discussing how oil behaves when it is mixed in water.

Alice: The electrostatic interaction between nonpolar lipid tails and water is stronger than the electrostatic interaction between two nonpolar lipid tails. Therefore, it is more favorable (i.e., lower energy) for lipid molecules to be surrounded by water molecules than it is for them to clump together amongst themselves.

Bob: I know that lipids spontaneously clump together when placed in water. Ive seen it happen! Therefore, since that is what spontaneously happens, the lowest energy state of the system must be the one in which the lipids are clumped together.

Explanation / Answer

yes here oil mixed with water the oil drops have more cohessive force due to which they have tendency to connect with each other

now they starts applying strong force together and surround by the water

so it is the tendency to separate itself from water molecule and hence two boundary will separate each other

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