Question

What is hydrophilic moiety?

Answer 1

There are two types of moieties present. Those are hydrophilic moiety and hydrophobic moiety. The difference between these two moieties is due to the difference in the capability to solubility in water.

Complete answer:
- In the question it is asked what the hydrophilic moiety is.
- In nature there are two types of components.
- One type of component is soluble in water and others don’t have the capability to dissolve in water.
- The two types of components are named as hydrophilic moiety and hydrophobic moiety based on their solubility in water.
- The meaning of those words hydrophilic and hydrophobic are as follows.
- In Hydrophilic, hydro means ‘water’ and philic means loving. Totally hydrophilic means water loving nature.
- Coming to hydrophobic. Hydro means water and phobic means hating. Totally hydrophobic means water hates property.
- The hydrophilic moiety has a capability to dissolve in water due to the presence of the polar groups on the surface of the hydrophilic components.
- The chemicals agents used in cleaning of clothes contain hydrophilic moiety and hydrophobic moiety also.
- The hydrophilic moiety makes the chemical nothing but surfactant to dissolve in water and the hydrophobic moiety removes the dust from the clothes.

Note:
Fats are compounds having a hydrophobic head and they are not soluble in water. Coming to the acids, bases and salts, they are soluble in water due to the polarity and are hydrophilic in nature due to the capability to dissolve in water.