Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Sate four properties that can distinguish between water and oil?

State four properties (two physical %26amp; two chemical) that could be used to distinguish between oil %26amp; water.Sate four properties that can distinguish between water and oil?
Oil is less dense than water.


Oil is organic, whereas water is inorganic.


Oil is more viscous than water.


Oil does not evaporate as readily as water.Sate four properties that can distinguish between water and oil?
If you are asking about Crude Oil here are some differences (note the * indicates that the applicable to Crude Oil only)





Oil is flammable Water is not





Oil has color Water does not.





*Oil can be broken down into several different Hydrocarbon chains *(ie: gasoline, kerosene, diesel, bitumen, etc. Surfer can also be extracted from Oil - Water can be broken down in to only two elements oxygen and hydrogen - they cannot be reconstituted to from anything else but H2O.





*Oil contains lighter ends (factions) called aromatics this give it the distinguish smell - Water has no aromatics.





There are many other things - a bit more complex. I hope this helps.





Oil is flammable
is McCrystal ur teacher?

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