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Water is formed with 2 hydrogens and one oxygen. The oxygen has a strong pull for electrons, making the oxygen negatively charged but making the hydrogen atoms slightly positive. This is called polarity. Since the hydrogen is slightly positive and the oxygen is negative, this makes the hydrogens in the molecules interact with oxygens in other water molecules, thus, creating hydrogen bonds. Cohesion & adhesion result. Water is very cohesive. It is also a good adhesive. High melting point and high boiling point also result from hydrogen bonding.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 9y agoHigh melting point and boiling pint (compared to H2S for example) also low density solid due to "open" nature of crystalline water (ice bergs float) Many materials are denser in the solid form than the liquid.
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∙ 10y agoSurface tension is the result of hydrogen bonding.
Others:
- Relatively high melting and boiling points.
- Capillary action.
- Unusually good solvent.
For more discussion see the wikipedia article about properties of water.
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∙ 11y agoUnusually high boiling point and melting points compared to other molecules of similar size.
Low density of ice, hydrogen bonding causes an "open" structure.
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∙ 12y agocohesion and adhesion
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∙ 13y agodiffusion
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What is primarily responsible for holding water molecules together in the liquid state?
Hydrogen bonds caused by the polar properties of a water molecule.
Hydrogen bonds create unusual properties in water what are they?
Liquid water is denser than ice.,Ice floats on top of liquid water. apex mike asencio
Why can a hydrogen bond dissolve in water?
A hydrogen bond does not dissolve, but it can be broken. Water molecules form hydrogen bonds with each other. This is why water has so many unique properties, such as its high heat capacity.
How is hydrogen bonding among water molecules related to the strcture of the water molecule?
A hydrogen bond is an intermolecular bond between a hydrogen attached to an electronegative atom (N,O, F, etc) on one molecule and an atom with a lone pair of electrons on another atom. These bonds are much weaker than a covalent bond. Nevertheless, they can greatly affect the properties of a substance and are responsible for water's unique attributes. In water, hydrogen bonds exist between the hydrogen on one water molecule and the oxygen on another.
Can water form hydrogen bonds form with itself?
Intermolecular bonds of water molecules are hydrogen bonds.
Are solvent cohesive and temperature stabilization properties of water due to its hydrogen bonds?
hydrogen bonds
The unique properties of water are mostly the result of?
Hydrogen bonds.
Does water properties strictly depend on covalent polar chemical bonds?
Water properties are also influenced by the hydrogen bonds formrd between water molecules.
What is primarily responsible for holding water molecules together in the liquid state?
Hydrogen bonds caused by the polar properties of a water molecule.
What gives water many properties that are important to living thing?
hydrogen bonds
What forms due to polarity and is responsible for many of water's properties?
hydrogen bonds
What type of bond determines specific water properties?
Hydrogen bonds, of course.
What kind of bond gives water its important properties of adhesion cohesion and specific heat?
They type of chemical bond that is responsible for the properties of adhesion and cohesion is hydrogen bonding. In cohesion the water's hydrogen bonds make water self-sticky, it beads up. In adhesion water has the ability to climb up the wall of any container it is in.
How the interactions of water at the molecular level enable it to possess different properties?
These properties are due to the association of water molecules by hydrogen bonds.
What kind of bonds give water it's important properties of adhesion cohesion and specific heat?
Hydrogen Bonds
If water was a non polar molecule how would the properties of water different?
Water would not be able to for hydrogen bonds
If water a non polar molecule how would the properties of water be different?
Water would not be able to for hydrogen bonds
