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Micelles may be formed by aggregates of soap anions in water as the anions are

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hydrophilic
hydrophobic
diphilic (one hydrophilic head being attached to a long hydrophobic tail)
carriers of electricity.

Solution :Soaps (RCOONA) DISSOCIATE in water to give `RCOO^(-)` and `Na^(+)`. The `RCOO^(-)` ions consist of two parts (1) non POLAR long HYDROCARBON chain R called the tail which is hydrophobic and the polar group `COO^(-)` called the head which is hydrophilic. An aggregate of ions THUS formed is called micelle


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