If phospholipids were placed in a non-polar solution, would they still form a bilayer?

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Luke H. ยท Kate M.
Sep 3, 2017

Yes!

Explanation:

A phospholipid is a polar molecule, which has the fatty acids tails and a phosphate head.

![http://study.com/academy/lesson/http://major-type-of-lipid-found-in-the-cell-membrane.html](https://useruploads.socratic.org/dhsJGYrOQ4iFOMowtSl7_phospholipid_bilayer.jpg)

So when placed in a non-polar solution, their polarities would still hold and hence they would still be to align themselves in the arrangement like the photo above.

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