1 Yellow media without gas pocket-sugar utilization with production of acid only. 2  Red media (no change in media) -no change and no sugar utilization. 3  Pink media especially at the top, ignore gas-no sugar utilization with degradation of protein resulting in alkaline end products (this may be difficult to see).
With organic solvents with long alkane chain, such as n-hexadecane and n-decane, the water droplets become much larger and the microemulsion is unstable. In this case, solvent polarity may have become a determining factor and the long alkane chain was too hydrophobic to form a stable microemulsion with water.
For example, ionic compounds are insoluble in hexane. It is more difficult to predict the solubility of polar molecular substances than to predict the solubility of ionic compounds and nonpolar molecular substances. Many polar molecular substances are soluble in both water and hexane.For example, ethanol is miscible with both water and hexane. The following generalization is helpful: Substances composed of small polar molecules, such as acetone and ethanol, are usually soluble in water.hen you place a non-polar molecule in a polar solvent (like oil in water) the molecules try to minimize surface contact between them. (like you and a guy with a cold on an elevator). This is actually the basis for the cells in our bodies.