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Why does micelle formation take place when soap is added to water? Will a micelle be formed in other solvents such as ethanol also?

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A molecule of soap is made up of two parts a hydrophillic polar end and hydrophilic hydrocarbon part. In a soap solution, the hydrocarbon portion of several soap molecules
huddle together whereas the polar ends project outward into the polar solvent water. These spherical clusters of hundreds of molecules are called micelle.
In an organic solvent like ethanol, soap is completely soluble, hence there is no micelle formation
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