Oxygen attracts electrons more strongly than hydrogen does.
Oxygen has a negative charge because it has a total of 8 electrons. Two are always in the first electron shell, and 6 in the outer shell, and an atom always wants 8 electrons in the outer shell. therefore it still needs 2 electrons, giving it a negative charge.
Two main reasons: first, the oxygen atom has a total of six valence electrons. Two of the six are tied up with the hydrogen atoms in single covalent bonds. This leaves four (two pairs) which are on the other side of the nucleus. These are unshared pairs, and they represent the negative pole of the water molecule. The second reason is that oxygen has a very high electronegativity. This means the interaction between the oxygen atom's nucleus and its valence electrons is very strong (a function of oxygen's relatively small atomic radius.) So it has a very high tendency to attract other electrons in a molecule toward itself. This increases the "well" of negativity around oxygen. This is the reason why water is so polar, and why its interactions with other molecules give it such a high boiling point.
The oxygen atom of a water molecule doesn't really have a negative charge, but rather is partially negative. This is because it is more electronegative than the hydrogen atoms, and so pulls electrons toward itself, making it more negative than the hydrogens which are more positive (have a partial positive charge).
oxygen attracts electrons stronger than hydrogen
Oxygen is more electronegative than hydrogen. Hence the shared electron pair is slightly towards oxygen (than hydrogen) giving it slightly negative (charge).
Oxygen is an anion.
Water molecules consist of hydrogen molecules and oxygen molecules. Most of the negative charge comes from the oxygen molecules while the hydrogen molecules carry the positive charge.
They are not attracted to each other because one is polar and one is nonpolar.
The oxygen in a water molecule doesn't really have a "charge" per se. It is partially negative relative to the hydrogen atoms which are partially positive. The oxidation number of oxygen in water is 2-, however, but this isn't really a "charge".
Hydrogen is positive and Oxygen is negative.
Oxygen has a negative charge.
it says oxygen acts negativw so most likely hydrogen on the bottom acts positive
The water molecule does not have a negative charge. The oxygen end of the molecule has a partial negative charge and the hydrogen end has a partial positive charge. This is because the oxygen atom is more electronegative than the hydrogen atoms, and tends to hold the shared electrons more tightly than the hydrogen atoms.
hydrogen is partially positive and oxygen is partially negative so your answer is oxygen
A negative charge exists because of the electronegativity of oxygen.
a partially negative charge.
Oxygen attracts electrons more strongly than hydrogen does.
For my ANSER IS: The unequal sharing of electrons gives the water molecule a slight negative charge near its oxygen atom and aslightpositive charge near its hydrogen atoms. When a neutralmolecule has a positive area at one end and a negative area at the other, it is a polar molecule.
Water molecules consist of hydrogen molecules and oxygen molecules. Most of the negative charge comes from the oxygen molecules while the hydrogen molecules carry the positive charge.
They are not attracted to each other because one is polar and one is nonpolar.
The oxygen in a water molecule doesn't really have a "charge" per se. It is partially negative relative to the hydrogen atoms which are partially positive. The oxidation number of oxygen in water is 2-, however, but this isn't really a "charge".
Yes, and the hydrogen atoms carry a slight positive charge.
Oxygen has a low negative charge.