Covalent bonding and partially electrovalent bonds too
The most significant force holding water molecules together are the hydrogen bonds. Water also has dipole-dipole forces, and dispersion forces as well.
Hydrogen Bonding
hydrogen bonding.
Water molecules cohere to form a liquid due to hydrogen bonding between the molecules. This hydrogen bonding leads to a net attractive force between the molecules, allowing them to stay close together in a liquid state.
Within the molecule itself, water exhibits ionic bonding. Between the water molecules, there is hydrogen bonding.
Hydrogen bonding allows water molecules to stick together. Although it is considered to be a weak bond, the special properties of hydrogen bonding allows water to be useful in MANY different circumstances. Hydrogen bonding in water allows it to be the universal solvent. It also keeps water molecules together so that we have actual water instead of gas (imagine a world without liquid H2O).
The tendency of water molecules to stick together is known as cohesion. This phenomenon arises due to hydrogen bonding between the molecules, resulting in surface tension and the ability of water to form droplets.
Bonding between water molecules is referred to as hydrogen bonds.
Water molecules cluster together due to hydrogen bonding, which occurs between the slightly positive hydrogen atoms and the slightly negative oxygen atoms of neighboring water molecules. These hydrogen bonds create a network of interconnected water molecules, leading to the formation of clusters.
heat transfers to the water molecules
The molecules of water are held together by hydrogen bonding between molecules.These are electrostatic bonds (attraction forces between opposite charges) that hydrogen makes with the oxygen of neighbouring molecules. Hydrogen, when bonded to oxygen to form water molecules, is slightly positive and the oxygen in the water molecule is slightly negative. Hydrogen gets attracted to the neighbouring slightly negative oxygen atoms.This is great for life on Earth because small molecules the size of water tend to be gases but water is a liquid. It is a liquid due to the hydrogen bonding between molecules.
A water molecule can interact with up to four other molecules through hydrogen bonding. This can include interactions with other water molecules or with different types of molecules such as ions or polar compounds.