Common Terms Flashcards
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Hydrophobic
Fears water, repelled by a polar group and attracted to fat or a nonpolar group.
Hydrophilic
Loves water, repelled by a nonpolar group attracted to a polar group.
Ionic
Tends to dissolve in water as do polar organic compounds.
Non-polar
Compounds are usually insoluble in water but tend to dissolve in non-polar solvents.
Solvation
The process in which a solute is surrounded by solvent molecules creating a more stable system.
Miscible
2 or more substances form 1 phase; liquids have similar molecular properties (polar+polar, non-polar+non-polar)
Immiscible
2 or more substances form separate phases; aqueous and organic layers do not mix.