Is gasoline soluble in water?

Interesting question. The short answer most people will tell you is, no. Hydrocarbons are not water soluble. This isn't entirely true. Several hydrocarbons are actually water soluble, albeit not greatly, but soluble none the less. read more

Gasoline is not soluble in water. Gasoline is a complex mixture of non-polar compounds such as long chained hydrocarbons etc. Water is a polar molecule. The general solubility rule is that "like dissolves like", meaning polar dissolves polar and non-polar dissolves non-polar. The insolubility of gasoline can be explained on a molecular basis. read more

Water is not soluble in gasoline. Water is made up of very polar molecules while gasoline is made up of a collection of different nonpolar hydrocarbon molecules. They cannot interact through the same intermolecular forces and therefore they cannot dissolve each other. read more