Why does Micelle formation take place when soap is added to water ?? Good answer will be Mark as brainliest
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When soap is added to water, micelle formation takes place, this is because the hydrocarbon chains of soap molecules are hydrophobic while the ionic ends are hydrophilic and hence soluble in water.
Micelle will not form in all types of solvents. It will form in such type of solvent where soap is insoluble in that particular solvent.
No, micelle formation does not take place in ethanol because the alkyl chain of soap becomes soluble in alcohol. Micelles can be formed only around suspended molecules of oil in a mixture. Ethanol is a very good solvent and it can even dissolve oil to form a clear solution.
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A soap is a sodium or potassium chain of long carboxylic acid which generally consist of two parts:
1) a hydrophobic tail
2)a hydrophilic head
When soap is added to water it follows a unique orientation that keeps its hydrophobic tail dissolved in oil and thus keeps the hydrocarbon part away from water and forming a cluster of molecule
This formation is called micelle.
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