Why is water considered to be a neutral substance?

Answer 1

A water molecule is partially charged due to the difference in electronegavities of hydrogen and oxygen. Water has a neutral chemical nature because the oxygen atom in the water molecule tend to pull the electrons from the hydrogen two hydrogen atoms thus spend most of their time arround oxygen. This causes the oxygen to have a partial negative charge which is 2- and each of the hydrogen atom become partially positively charged (the hydrogen partial charges sum up to 2+).These charges cancel (-2+2= 0) each other hence the chemical nature of water is neutral.

Answer 2

The hydrogen and oxygen are covalently bonded which means that they share their electrons. Each hydrogen shares 1 electron with the oxygen and each oxygen shares 1 electron with each hydrogen. Since no electrons are being added to from outside and each atom in the water molecule starts out as neutral, the molecule as a whole must be neutral.

Water does have partial charges due to the fact that oxygen pulls the electrons in the bond more strongly than hydrogen. Oxygen acquires a partial negative charge, but that is balanced out by the partial positive charge that the hydrogens get.

Answer 3

Because the number of hydrogen ions are the same as the number of Hydroxide ions.

Answer 4

Pure water is called neutral due to a pH being not being acidic or basic. Pure water will have a pH very close to 7 making it near neutral.

Answer 5

By standard scientific definition it is extremely close to pH 7 and is thus neutral.

Answer 6

Water has no Hydrogen ions.

Answer 7

Yes, Almost.