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why is wax insoluble in water

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Dear user,Water is a polar molecule,that is it is having some charge on itand a dipole moment as well.Wax is an organic molecule,itdoes not posses any charge on it and dipole moment is also zero.We know that "like dissolves like",therefore wax is insoluble in water.

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