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Can the hydrogen atoms in water molecules attract electrons more strongly than the oxygen atom does?
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∙ 8y ago
Oxygen has a stronger attraction for electrons because there is a greater probability of finding the shared electrons near the oxygen atom than near the hydrogen atom, due to the higher electronegativity of oxygen compared to hydrogen.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 15y agoAtoms are made up of three different types of particles. Protons and neutrons make up the core of the atom, and electrons orbit around the core like planets. An oxygen atom looks different from a hydrogen atom because both atoms are made out of different number of protons, neutrons, and electrons.
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∙ 12y agoThe forces attracting water molecules to each other are specially strong. Those attractive forces arise because of the dipoles on the water molecules. The oxygen atoms, with their small negative charges, are attracted to the hydrogen atoms, with their small positive charge, on the other water molecules. The attractive forcee is called a dipole-dipole interaction, or a hydrogen bond.
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∙ 10y agoNo if you are talking about electronegativity which is the tendency of the atom's ability to attract electrons. Fluorine is the most electronegative element on the Periodic Table so it has the "greatest" ability to attract electrons.
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∙ 12y agoVery simply put, all atoms are made up of smaller particles. These being protons, electrons and neutrons.
Different elements have a different number of these particles which is what makes them different.
The very simplist is the Hydrogen atom with one proton and one electron making it the lightest, or least massive element.
All other elements have more than this, including Oxygen.
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∙ 11y agoIn a bond between oxygen and hydrogen the electrons are more attracted to oxygen.
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∙ 7y agoAn oxygen atom has eight electrons. A hydrogen atom only has one.
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∙ 12y agocuz it just is :)
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∙ 8y agoyes
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Do water molecules attract nonpolar molecules such as oil?
Yes, but they attract polar molecules more strongly."Hydrophobic" molecules is a misnomer. The nonpolar molecules in question are attracted to water molecules (usually more strongly than they're attracted to each other, even), but they get "shoved out of the way" by polar "hydrophilic" molecules which are even more strongly attracted to water molecules.
Which element will attract electrons more strongly fluorine or carbon?
Fluorine is assinged the oxidation number of -1 because it attracts the electrons in the bond more strongly than the carbon does.
What happens to the polarity of oxygen atoms as they transform from molecular oxygen into water molecules?
In the bond in molecular oxygen, the electrons are pulled equally towards each element, as they are the same element and so have the same electronegativity. In water, however, the bonds are between hydrogen and oxygen. The nucleus of oxygen has eight times the charge of the nucleus of hydrogen, and so attracts the electrons more strongly than hydrogen does. It does not attract eight times as strongly as hydrogen as the extra electron shell repels the electrons in the bond more than hydrogen's nonexistent shells (its only electron is in the bond). It can therefore be said that oxygen is more electronegative than hydrogen. As the oxygen attracts the electrons more strongly than the hydrogen, it gains a partially negative charge. Similarly, the hydrogen gains a partially positive charge. This polarity is responsible for the interesting properties of water, including its ability to stay liquid at room temperature, its low density as a solid and its ability to climb up a narrow capillary tube without any force applied to it.
What explains the attraction of water molecules to one another?
Attractions between water molecules are called Hydrogen bonds. The higher melting and boiling points of water suggest that water molecules attract each other more that dihydrogen sulfide molecules do. Water molecules attract each other, but these attractions are not as strong as the bonds holding oxygen and hydrogen atoms together withing a molecule.
What is intermolecular hydrogen bonds?
A positive hydrogen atom has a tendency to attract more negative atoms like oxygen. Intermolecular bonds can be within molecules or between molecules.
Does helium attract hydrogen molecules?
no. it does not
Do water molecules attract nonpolar molecules such as oil?
Yes, but they attract polar molecules more strongly."Hydrophobic" molecules is a misnomer. The nonpolar molecules in question are attracted to water molecules (usually more strongly than they're attracted to each other, even), but they get "shoved out of the way" by polar "hydrophilic" molecules which are even more strongly attracted to water molecules.
Can atoms in molecules share electrons?
Yes, that is how they attract to each other to create molecules.
Which element will attract electrons more strongly fluorine or carbon?
Fluorine is assinged the oxidation number of -1 because it attracts the electrons in the bond more strongly than the carbon does.
What happens to the polarity of oxygen atoms as they transform from molecular oxygen into water molecules?
In the bond in molecular oxygen, the electrons are pulled equally towards each element, as they are the same element and so have the same electronegativity. In water, however, the bonds are between hydrogen and oxygen. The nucleus of oxygen has eight times the charge of the nucleus of hydrogen, and so attracts the electrons more strongly than hydrogen does. It does not attract eight times as strongly as hydrogen as the extra electron shell repels the electrons in the bond more than hydrogen's nonexistent shells (its only electron is in the bond). It can therefore be said that oxygen is more electronegative than hydrogen. As the oxygen attracts the electrons more strongly than the hydrogen, it gains a partially negative charge. Similarly, the hydrogen gains a partially positive charge. This polarity is responsible for the interesting properties of water, including its ability to stay liquid at room temperature, its low density as a solid and its ability to climb up a narrow capillary tube without any force applied to it.
What allows water molecules to attract other water molecules?
Dipole-Dipole Forces of attraction
What is the bond between the hydrogen atoms of hydrogen gas in which electrons are shared equally?
In a water molecule, oxygen (which is a quite more electronegative than hydrogen), tends to attract electrons close to it, so it gets a residual negative charge, while hydrogen gets positively charged.That's the reason why water has a high boiling temperature, because water molecules establish electrostatic bonds, between the oxygen and hydrogen from different molecules, creating a kind of net of interactions, which make it harder to evaporate it.
Which element consists of atoms that's most strongly attract electrons of other atoms?
The element that attracts electrons the most would be Fluorine
What is intermolecular hydrogen bonds?
A positive hydrogen atom has a tendency to attract more negative atoms like oxygen. Intermolecular bonds can be within molecules or between molecules.
What explains the attraction of water molecules to one another?
Attractions between water molecules are called Hydrogen bonds. The higher melting and boiling points of water suggest that water molecules attract each other more that dihydrogen sulfide molecules do. Water molecules attract each other, but these attractions are not as strong as the bonds holding oxygen and hydrogen atoms together withing a molecule.
What water molecules determines its chemistry and thus the chemistry of life?
Water molecules are polar covalent molecules, meaning that the two hydrogens share their electrons with the oxygen, but the electrons "spend more time with" the oxygen. This is because oxygen is more electronegative than hydrogen, and attrcts electrons more strongly. Since the concentration of electrons is greater around the Oxygen, the Water molecule is slightly negatively charged at the oxygen end, and slightly positively charged at the hydrogen end. This polarity allows water molecules to dissolve compounds very easily, because they can strongly attract polar ends of other molecules. This helps your body with all of the chemistry it does to eat and function. In addition to polarity, water is more dense than ice. This means that ice will float on water. If this was not true, than many animals would never have been able to live and grow in watery environments, and life on earth may never have become larger than microscopic organisms.
Why is the bond between hydrogen and oxygen in a water molecule is more polar than the bond between hydrogen and nitrogen in a ammonia molecule?
Oxygen has a higher electronegativity than nitrogen does, so when sharing electrons with hydrogen, the sharing is more uneven in the case of oxygen than it is with nitrogen. Oxygen, in other words, will attract electrons more strongly than nitrogen does and therefore will wind up with a more negative charge (hydrogen, which supplies the extra electrons to the oxygen, has a correspondingly higher positive charge).
