Question

Jess is baking a cake. Part of the recipe has Jess mix butter and water. He notices that the two substances don't mix. He is confused because water and butter are both covalent compounds. Explain why the butter and water are NOT mixing in the bowl.

Answer 1

butter and water don't mix because water is polar and butter is nonpolar

Step-by-step explanation:

for them to be able to mix they would need to be both polar or both nonpolar.