Why does micelle formation take place when soap is added to water? Will a micelle be formed in other solvents like ethanol?
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Why does micelle formation take place when soap is added to water? Will a micelle be formed in other solvents like ethanol?
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# Hydrophilic part, which is water loving
# Hydrophobic part, water repulsing part
#When soap is added to water, soap molecules arrange themselves in a cluster to keep the non-polar portion out of water such that the non-polar ends are in the interior of the cluster
and the polar ends are on the surface of the cluster.
# Since the dirt present on clothes is organic in nature and insoluble in water, the hydrophobic ends of the clusters attach themselves to the dirt. This cluster formation in which the dirt is entrapped is the micelle.
#No micelle can't formed in other solvents like ethanol
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