Oil is more dense than alcohol, but less dense than water. The molecules that make up the oil are larger than those that that make up water, so they cannot pack as tightly together as the water ...

The sucrose molecules dissolve as they are separated from each other and mix into the water. The water is polar, so it dissolves the polar color and sugar. The alcohol has a polar area but a larger ...

Using nothing but water and said olive oil, he managed to calculate the size of a single olive oil molecule as being 1.63 nanometers in length. To achieve this feat, he took 0.81 mg of olive oil ...