© Oxford University Press 2011 IC Emulsions Emulsions
© Oxford University Press 2011 IC Emulsions
© Oxford University Press 2011 IC Emulsions Vegetable oils and water don’t mix together well … The oil floats on the water
© Oxford University Press 2011 IC Emulsions Vegetable oil molecules have long hydrocarbon chains
© Oxford University Press 2011 IC Emulsions They cannot interact with small water molecules
© Oxford University Press 2011 IC Emulsions Questions What happens when you mix oil and water? Why don’t oil and water mix well?
© Oxford University Press 2011 IC Emulsions If you add an emulsifier to oil and water and mix well, the oil and water no longer separate out. An emulsion forms.
© Oxford University Press 2011 IC Emulsions One end interacts well with water molecules (hydrophilic end) the other end interacts well with oil molecules (hydrophobic end)
© Oxford University Press 2011 IC Emulsions Emulsifier molecules coat the surface of oil droplets. These coatings keep the oil droplets evenly dispersed in the water
© Oxford University Press 2011 IC Emulsions Questions What type of molecules do emulsifiers have? How do emulsifiers stop oil and water separating out?