Question

why doesn't oil dissolve in water?give a scientific explanation?

Answer 1

# Oil has greater density than water.

# Oil is an organic compound and is non - polar in nature whereas water is a polar solvent.

# By the principle of Like dissolve in Like water is not miscible with oil.

hope it helps you out dude

Answer 2

HEY MATE,

here is your answer

Oil cannot dissolve in water because the density of oil is more than the density of water so the oil starts floating on the water when the mixture of oil and water is kept undisturbed for some time.

the mixture of oil and water can be seperated by the method of SEPERATION

BUT,

the main main answer is that

density of oil is greater than the density of water

HOPE IT HELPS ^_^