Oxygen atoms are highly electronegative and pull electrons away from the electropositive hydrogen atom.
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.