Define micelle

1.	Define micelle
Answer» A soap molecule consists of two parts – a polar head which is hydrophilic (or water attracting) and a non-polar tail, which is hydrophobic (or water repelling) in nature. When soap molecules are present in water, the molecules arrange themselves in the form of a cluster in such a manner that their non-polar hydrophobic ends are away from the water molecules, and their polar hydrophilic ends are towards the water molecules . This is known as micelle formation and the cluster that is formed is called a micelle.

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