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Water molecules attract the opposite poles of other polar molecules through poles present in water itself.

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What molecules attract other water molecules and tend to pile up via?

cohesion


Do water molecules attract other polar molecules through adhesion cohesion peptide bonds ionic bonds?

Water molecules attract polar molecules through adhesion and cohesion forces. Adhesion occurs when water molecules are attracted to other polar molecules, while cohesion refers to the attraction between water molecules themselves. Peptide bonds and ionic bonds are not typically involved in the attraction between water and other polar molecules.


What do hydrophobic molecules avoid?

Hydrophobic molecules avoid water. Strictly speaking, they do not attract water, and therefore water will avoid them, since it is more attracted to other molecules or to itself.


Do water molecules attract nonpolar molecules such as oil?

Yes, but they attract polar molecules more strongly."Hydrophobic" molecules is a misnomer. The nonpolar molecules in question are attracted to water molecules (usually more strongly than they're attracted to each other, even), but they get "shoved out of the way" by polar "hydrophilic" molecules which are even more strongly attracted to water molecules.


Why do water and oxygen not attract?

Water and oxygen molecules do not attract each other because both water and oxygen molecules are nonpolar. Nonpolar molecules do not have regions of positive or negative charge, so they do not exhibit attractive interactions such as hydrogen bonding.


How capillary action works and why?

Water is a polar molecule and thus when a glass tube or any other tube with polar molecules is placed in water, the water molecules will attract the sides of the tube and overcome gravity. The property of water to attract the sides of the tube is called adhesion and the reason water isn't only on the sides but in the middle too is because of cohesion. Cohesion is water's ability to attract and hydrogen bond with itself so the water molecules on the sides of the tube attract other water molecules creating a network that reaches all the way across the tube.


What do you call the attraction for water?

molecules that attract water are hydrophilic ("water-loving")


Why are polar molecules soluble in water?

Polar molecules are soluble in water because water is a polar molecule itself. This means that water has a positive and negative end, allowing it to attract and surround other polar molecules, dissolving them easily.


Water molecules can attract other molecules through . polar adhesion polar cohesion nonpolar adhesion nonpolar cohesion?

Water molecules can attract other molecules through polar adhesion. This occurs because water is a polar molecule, meaning it has a partial positive charge on one side and a partial negative charge on the other. This polarity allows water to form hydrogen bonds with other polar substances, leading to adhesion. In contrast, nonpolar molecules do not exhibit such interactions with water.


Water molecules attract nonpolar molecules such as oil?

yes


How do water drops hold on to the penny?

Water molecules stick together because of the electrical charges in the water create a bond.


Give one reason why water molecules are attracted o each other?

The H atoms with partial + charges attract O atoms with partial - charges on other water molecules.