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Is water a bond

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 2/14/2023

Water is not a hydrogen bond. Water is made up of hydrogen and oxygen atoms covalently bonded together by the sharing of electrons. Its molecular formula is H2O. Its structural formula is H-O-H. Water is a polar molecule, which is due to the fact that the large oxygen atom has a greater attraction for the shared electrons than the smaller hydrogen atoms. This makes the oxygen end of the molecule slightly negative and the hydrogen end slightly positive. For this reason, the oxygen atom of one water molecule will form a weak bond with another water molecule's hydrogen atom. This is the hydrogen bond.

Click on the related link to see an illustration of hydrogen bonding between water molecules. In the illustration, d+ and d- refer to the partial positive and negative charges on the hydrogen and oxygen atoms.

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Mossie Auer

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3y ago

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