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Oil and water molecules have like charges, causing them to repel each other and separate.
Oil and water molecules have like charges, causing them to repel each other and separate.
Oil molecules will repel each other electrically, leading to complete mixing of the two substances.
Oil molecules will repel each other electrically, leading to complete mixing of the two substances.
Water and oil molecules have opposite electrical charges, causing them to repel each other and separate.
Water and oil molecules have opposite electrical charges, causing them to repel each other and separate.
Water molecules will attract each other electrically, but they will not attract oil molecules, causing separation.
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The statement that best describes what happens when oil and water are stirred together is:
Water molecules will attract each other electrically, but they will not attract oil molecules, causing separation.
This is because oil and water are immiscible due to the polar nature of water molecules, which are attracted to each other, and the non-polar nature of oil, which does not interact favorably with water.
