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What holds the hydrogen and oxygen molecules together in water?
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∙ 11y ago
Covalent bonds. The hydrogen and oxygen bond together by sharing outer shell electrons.
Solon Zboncak
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∙ 13y agoCovalent bonds. The hydrogen and oxygen bond together by sharing outer shell electrons.
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∙ 15y agoThey have covalent bonds. This means that the two atoms "share" electrons so that both the atoms have a full shell/layer of electrons. When an atom has a full shell, is is less reactive.
Hydrogen and Oxygen Oxygen has six electrons in it's outermost shell. One of these electrons is shared by a hydrogen atom, giving the hydrogen atom two electrons for a full shell and the oxygen atom seven electrons. Another electron is shared by another hydrogen molecule so this gives the second hydrogen molecule a full shell of two electrons and the oxygen atom a full shell of eight electrons. The result is something like this, where the "o's" are the oxygen electrons and the "x's" are the hydrogen electrons:
......... oo
x H xo O ox H x
......... oo
The dots are only there to let the electrons be in their right place. If not, they go funny
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∙ 11y agoStrong hydrogen bonding forms between molecules of hydrogen and oxygen, nitrogen, and fluorine. Water is composed of hydrogen and oxygen, so the intermolecular forces between them cause them to attract.
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∙ 13y agoWhen the two atoms share two electrons between them --- one electron from hydrogen and one from oxygen, joined together by forces.
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∙ 13y agoNothing really does hold them together it is just the fact that they have gone under a chemical change and they are now chemically bound to one another at the molecular level.
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∙ 11y agoPolar covalent bond between O and H.
There is also inter molecular hydrogen bonding present.
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∙ 11y agoCovalent bonds
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What type of bond typically holds two separate water molecules together in a water solution?
Hydrogen Bonds hold water molecules together.
What holds cellulose molecules together in bundles large enough to form fibers?
Hydrogen bonds hold cellulose molecules together in bundles large enough to form fibers..
What type of bond holds two oxygen atoms together in their hydrogen gas?
polar covalent bond
What type of bond holds hydrogen and oxygen atoms in the molecule h2o?
The hydrogen and oxygen are held together by polar covalent bonds.
What attractive force holds molecules of H2o together?
The attractive force is electrostatic, and described mathematically by Coulomb's Law. Because oxygen has a greater electronegativity than hydrogen, the electrons are shared unequally by these atoms, giving oxygen a negative charge and hydrogen a positive charge. And opposite charges attract.
What is the force that bonds water molecules together?
Hydrogen bonds are what holds water molecules together. They are made up of two Hydrogen atoms and one Oxygen atom. The electromagnetivity of the Oxygen atoms help make this possible.
What bond holds hydrogen atoms and oxygen atoms together?
The polar covalent bond between the hydrogen and oxygen atoms holds it together.
What holds hydrogen and oxygen molecules together?
The bond between Hydrogen and Oxygen is covalent because these elements are both non-metals. The is called polar covalent bond . oxygen is delta negative.hydrogen is delta positive
What bond holds hydrogen and oxygen molecules together?
The bond between Hydrogen and Oxygen is covalent because these elements are both non-metals. The is called polar covalent bond . oxygen is delta negative.hydrogen is delta positive
What type of bonding holds molecules together?
Hydrogen is linked by a covalent bond to an atom of oxygen. The covalent bonds are polar, as the oxygen atoms have a slight negative charge.
What do you call the force that holds molecules together?
hydrogen bonds,etc.
What holds the molecules in solid together?
Water molecules are held together by hydrogen bond which is formed between hydrogen of one molecule and oxygen of other molecule. H2O-----H-O-H
What holds the hydrogen and oxygen atom together in a water molecule?
Covalent bonds. The hydrogen and oxygen bond together by sharing outer shell electrons.
What is the type of attraction that holds two water molecules together?
The type of attraction that holds two water molecules together is an electrostatic attraction, known as the hydrogen bond.
What type of bond typically holds two separate water molecules together in a water solution?
Hydrogen Bonds hold water molecules together.
What bonds hold RNA molecules together?
A hydrogen bond holds DNA together and a covalent holds rna together
Which holds large numbers of different molecules together?
Intermolecular force holds large numbers of different molecules together.
