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What molecular shape is water H2O?

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Water is usually described as "bent". The angle between the oxygen-hydrogen bonds is about 105 degrees; the lone pairs "push" the hydrogens closer together than a perfect tetrahedral geometry (109.4 degrees).

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Water has a non-linear molecule. Also molecules are associated by hydrogen bonds.

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It is bent with a 104.5 deg. bond angle.

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