NCERT Exercise Q8 - Carbon and its Compounds

Question: Why does micelle formation take place when soap is added to water? Will a micelle be formed in other solvents such as ethanol also?

Answer: 1. Micelle formation in water occurs because soap molecules have two structurally different ends: a long non-polar hydrophobic (water-hating) hydrocarbon tail and a short ionic hydrophilic (water-l...

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