Which term best describes the substances that cause oil and water molecules in salad Dressing to interact and mix?

surfactants

miscible liquids

immiscible liquids

compressed molecules

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Answer : Option A) Surfactants

Explanation :

The substances that causes the oil and water molecules in salad dressing to interact and mix are surfactants.

Surfactants are those compounds which has hydrophobic and hydrophilic parts in it which attaches according to the availability of the substrate. Oil and water does not mixes usually but in presence of a surfactant it readily mixes.


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