while oxygen it let into aquariums why are bubbles formed, when oxygen can dissolve in water?
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Oxygen is soluble in water but only to a small extent.
There are two main reasons for low solubility of oxygen into water:-
1) Usually gases are less soluble in liquids.
2) Oxygen is a non polar molecule and on the other hand water is polar, therefore oxygen can dissolve into water only by dipole-induced dipole and Van Der Waals interactions.
Therefore oxygen is soluble only to a small extent in water.
So, the oxygen that we let into aquariums (more suitable word would be fish tanks) remains mostly undissolved therefore forming bubbles.
Hope it helps ^_^
There are two main reasons for low solubility of oxygen into water:-
1) Usually gases are less soluble in liquids.
2) Oxygen is a non polar molecule and on the other hand water is polar, therefore oxygen can dissolve into water only by dipole-induced dipole and Van Der Waals interactions.
Therefore oxygen is soluble only to a small extent in water.
So, the oxygen that we let into aquariums (more suitable word would be fish tanks) remains mostly undissolved therefore forming bubbles.
Hope it helps ^_^
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The reason that when oxygen it let into aquariums why are bubbles formed is because since the solubility is only to a small extent.
The two main reasons for low solubility of oxygen in water are :-
1>since the both molecules are opposite in nature i.e polar and non-polar so they are insoluble in each other .
2>We know that gases are basically insoluble in water due to there intermolecular forces .
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ROYALJATT
The two main reasons for low solubility of oxygen in water are :-
1>since the both molecules are opposite in nature i.e polar and non-polar so they are insoluble in each other .
2>We know that gases are basically insoluble in water due to there intermolecular forces .
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Best of luck ;)
ROYALJATT
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