Can olive oil be diluted in tap water?
hi,
can olive oil be diluted in tap water?
i was experimenting, and the oil did not become totally watery, but it was transparent.
please and thank you
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Diluted? No. Oil and water do not mix.
No. Because it is an oil, it will collect as an oil layer on top of the water.
Just use less. I suppose it might be possible to make an emulsion—at least, in theory, but I doubt it.
Why would you want to dilute it?
As stated above ^^
To dilute an oil, you need another oil.
you would have to use an emulsifier of some sort, because oil is hydrophobic.
If you shake the mixture vigorously, you could get a sloppy colloid. Won’t last you long, though.
OMG @Nullo just came up with a Fluther band name: Sloppy Colloid! You rock!
Why do you want to dilute the olive oil? Is it for a recipe or a scientific experiment?
Oil and water don’t mix, so you can’t dilute the oil with water, no.
No. But you could dilute it with a light-tasting oil instead.
Heat it up and they should mix, but it won’t last.
You could use egg yolks, but why you’d want to make watery mayo is beyond me.
In other words, no. As stated above, you can’t dilute it with water. You can do lots of other things to them, such as colloids and emulsions, but even that’s not really dilution. Heat’s the only thing that would work, and only to a very, very small extent.
If you want less olive oil flavor you can dilute it with vegetable or canola oil.
Only if you put you put your clothes on backwards and mix it in a dark room—preferably a coat closet.
(Wait! Don’t do that. That won’t work because oil and water don’t mix.)
Sorry, I was tired when I answered this question last night. I´m something of a formulating-lay-chemist-at-home. I mix oil and water all the time, but I use sodium hydroxide in the mix and get soap.
What @BhacSsylan said is true. Egg yolk has lecithin in it and that is a natural emulsifier. Less natural emulsifiers come in the form of Polysorbates… you see them on packages of airfreshners or body spray perfume type things. They´re added so the fragrance oils or essential oils mix with the water and alcohol. They also show up in food and I do believe the Polysorbate 60s or 80s are edible.
So, the short answer is No, you can´t mix oil and water without the help of other chemicals in the mix.
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