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hydrogen is partially positive and oxygen is partially negative so your answer is oxygen
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agohydrogen has a positive charge and oxygen has a negative charge.
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∙ 11y agoYes, and the hydrogen has a partial positive charge.
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∙ 8y agoThe hydrogen atoms possess a partial positive charge, and the oxygen is the negative end.
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∙ 13y agohydrogen
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What struggle produces the partial negative and partial positive charges on a water molecule?
The water molecule has a partial negative and partial positive charge because it is a polar molecule. Electrostatic attraction between the partial negative and partial positive molecules gives the water molecule its partial charge.
What causes the water molecule to have a negative charge?
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.
Do the hydrogen atoms in a water molecule tend to be slightly negative?
Yes, when combined with Silicon (Si), as in SiH4.
What is the majority of negative charge on the water molecule?
there has to be a negative charge in the molecule as there is a positive charge. there is a negative charge and when it and a positive charge gets together it forms something that makes the charge neutral
How does a molecule of water is polar and represented that with a picture?
The chemical formula for water is H2O, which can be represented structurally as H-O-H. The water molecule is held together by covalent bonds between the hydrogen and oxygen atoms. The water molecule is bent, so that the hydrogen atoms are at one pole of the molecule, and the oxygen atom is at the opposite pole. Because oxygen has a higher electronegativity than hydrogen, the shared electrons are held more tightly by the oxygen atom, giving it a partial negative charge, and the hydrogen atoms have a partial positive charge, therefore the molecule is polar. Refer to the related links for an illustration of a water molecule. The little d-like symbols are the Greek letter delta, and means partial. So d+ means a partially positive charge.
What struggle produces the partial negative and partial positive charges on a water molecule?
The water molecule has a partial negative and partial positive charge because it is a polar molecule. Electrostatic attraction between the partial negative and partial positive molecules gives the water molecule its partial charge.
What is positively and negatively charged in a water molecule?
it says oxygen acts negativw so most likely hydrogen on the bottom acts positive
What is a molecule that has a partial positive charge on one end and a partial negative charge on the other?
A polar molecule...such as water. The oxygen molecules pulls the electrons closer, causing the oxygen to have a more negative charge and the two hydrogen atoms to have more positive charges. this is very important in the bonding of water molecules to other water molecules.
Polar molecules they attrack to other substances?
Polar molecules have unequal distribution of electrons. Water for example, oxygen is more electronegative than hydrogen so it will pull electrons towards itself, giving oxygen partial negative charge on it and partial positive charge on the hydrogen. A hydrogen bond forms between the partial negative charge on oxygen on another water molecule and partial positive charge on hydrogen on other water molecule.
Which kind of eletrical charge is found on a hydrogen atom of a polar water molecule?
a positive charge caused by a covalent bond with oxygen
What causes the water molecule to have a negative charge?
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.
How does whater form hydrogen bonds?
Water, H2O, is a polar molecule in which the larger, more electronegative oxygen atom develops a partial negative charge, and the smaller, less electronegative hydrogen atoms develop a partial positive charge. The slightly negative oxygen atom of one water molecule is attracted to the slightly positive hydrogen atom of another water molecule. This weak attraction is called a hydrogen bond. Click on the related link for an illustration of the polar water molecule and hydrogen bonding between water molecules. The dashed lines represent the hydrogen bonds and the δ- represents a partial negative charge, and δ+ represents a partial positive charge.
What is the oxygen atom of a water molecule?
Oxygen atoms in water molecules are the same as oxygen atoms in any other molecules; the definition of an oxygen atom is that it is an atom which has eight protons in its nucleus. Normally it has eight neutrons and eight electrons as well, but that can vary. It is only the eight protons which define it as oxygen.
Why water is a polar molecule?
Oxygen is more electronegative than hydrogen - meaning the electrons they share will spend more time near the oxygen. This causes the oxygen to have a partial negative charge, and the hydrogens to have a partial positive charge - making water polar.
Why does hydrochloric acid though a covalent compound ionize?
HCl is strictly speaking - a polar covalent molecule with a partial positive charge on hydrogen and a partial negative charge on chlorine. When this is dissolved in water, water too being a polar molecule with a partial positive charge on hydrogen and a partial negative charge on oxygen, hydrogens of HCl are surrounded by oxygens of water forming dipole dipole bonds. So also the chlorines are surrounded by hydrogens of water. When the dipole-dipole bonds are formed, the original bond between H and Cl weakens and ultimately breaks leading to ionization.
Do the hydrogen atoms in a water molecule tend to be slightly negative?
Yes, when combined with Silicon (Si), as in SiH4.
Why does suger dissolve in water?
A sugar molecule contains multiple OH groups, which are polar, meaning that one part has a partial positive charge and the other has a partial negative charge. This strongly attracts water molecules, which are also polar. The water molecules then form what is called a hydration shell around the sugar molecule and pull it free of the crystal.
