At an early age, I have started to marvel at how powerful chemistry is , in the wisdom of mixing water and oil (and later, soap). This happened when I got hold of a handful of water, a few drops of cooking oil and a pack of detergent. Without knowing what the product would be, I mixed water and oil. I noticed that the oil resisted to mix with water (it just formed a circular shape on the surface). Then, to my surprise, they thoroughly mixed when I added soap! From that day on, my fascination in chemistry started to grow more.
And it never stopped up to this day. I know I could only grow fonder of it as I’m about to embark in a journey with chemistry, as a sophomore student at the moment.
Now, as a sophomore student, I realize the importance of chemistry not only in research but also in agriculture, business, environment and many more fields.
Now, as a BS Chemistry student, I am devoted to conserve the ideas of the past scholars, recognize the concepts of the present scientists and be part of the future chemists.
Now, as a sophomore BS Chemistry student, I can explain (in simpler terms) that water and oil are immiscible because water is polar while oil is non-polar therefore it couldn’t satisfy the solubility rule: like dissolves like. On the other hand, soap has both hydrophilic heads (polar) and hydrophobic tails (non-polar). In simpler terms, the soap acts as a bridge to combine water and oil molecules.
Chemistry has been part of my past, is part of my present and will be part of my future. My journey with it has just begun. Now I can proudly shout: “BS Chem, here I come!”
P.S. I would like to thank bluedreamer for the blog award and chenn and joggs for the tags. I’ll post them later.
