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behaviour of water in hydrophobic enviorment
« on: December 23, 2007, 01:24:19 AM »


how does water behave in an highly hydrophobic enviorment?? both in micro-scale level and marco-level??

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Re: behaviour of water in hydrophobic enviorment
« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2007, 09:48:33 AM »
Water behaves as water. Hydrophobic is a term relating the behavior of other substances in water.


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Re: behaviour of water in hydrophobic enviorment
« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2007, 09:53:25 AM »
But the question does make sense. For example - teflon is highly hydrophobic, how does water behave in a teflon bottle? That'll be macroscale. If you will make fabric from thin teflon fibers and you will sprinkle it with water, you will have microscale.
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Re: behaviour of water in hydrophobic enviorment
« Reply #3 on: December 23, 2007, 11:10:25 AM »
I guess that does make sense. I guess when I went to basic chemistry I was think of things in solutions of water. But I guess the question does imply that is not the case. I do not know how to read or write.


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Re: behaviour of water in hydrophobic enviorment
« Reply #4 on: December 24, 2007, 03:50:31 AM »
It will tend to minimize interactions with the hydrophobic region as much as possible.
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Re: behaviour of water in hydrophobic enviorment
« Reply #5 on: December 29, 2007, 11:50:34 PM »
hi

well one of my friend suggested that water behaves as vapour in hydrophobic nanopores...i dont know how true is this..??

what r your views in this...??

also would like to direct your attention..lets say..behaviour of water in organic phase enviorment (100% ACN,IPA etc....)


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