gassoline dose not dissolve in water. why?
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Interesting question. The short answer most people will tell you is, no. Hydrocarbons are not water soluble. This isn't entirely true. Several hydrocarbons are actually water soluble, albeit not greatly, but soluble none the less.
The true answer is more complicated. If I had to respond in one word I would say fractionally.
To understand this you need to understand that gasoline is made up of many separate hydrocarbons. There are more water soluble components in gasoline than others. Benzene and toluene are the most soluble components making up a significant portion of the water soluble fraction of gasoline. There are many other constituents of gasoline that has some solubility like butane, isobutane, pentane, isopentane, xylene, ethylbenzene, trimethylbenzene, etc.