An emulsifying agent is a compound that helps stabilize a hydrophobic colloid in a hydrophilic solvent (or

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An “emulsifying agent” is a compound that helps stabilize a hydrophobic colloid in a hydrophilic solvent (or a hydrophilic colloid in a hydrophobic solvent). Which of the following choices is the best emulsifying agent?

(a) CH3COOH

(b) CH3CH2CH2COOH

(c) CH3(CH2)11COOH

(d) CH3(CH2)11COONa.

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Chemistry The Central Science

ISBN: 9780321910417

13th Edition

Authors: Theodore E. Brown, H. Eugene LeMay, Bruce E. Bursten, Catherine Murphy, Patrick Woodward, Matthew E. Stoltzfus

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