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I'm not sure that I understand your question.
Here's what I think you're asking: Why is the melting point of H2O so high relative to other compounds?
Another possibility is that you are asking about the high specific heat of water.
I'll try to answer both of those questions.
Contrary to popular belief, ice is just not that cold - to a scientist! Water freezes at a relatively high temperature. To understand why is going to take a little background knowledge.
Temperature is the average kinetic energy of a certain conglomerate of molecules. Basically temperature measures how much the molecules of a substance are moving around, relative to one another. The higher temperature, the more those molecules are moving!
All that movement takes energy, and there are lots of factors that determine just how much energy it is going to take to get molecules moving.
It is easiest to talk about these factors (the ones that tell us how much energy it takes to reach a certain temperature) when we consider a pure substance. For right now, we'll talk about pure water -- H2O!
In water, the most important reason that it takes lots of energy to get molecules moving - raising the temperature - is that water molecules are pretty good at sticking to one another.
This is because water molecules are very polar - like a magnet, one side is negatively charged and the other side is positively charged.
This is because of the atoms from which water is made - oxygen is much better at holding tightly to the negatively charged electrons it shares with hydrogen in a water molecule. This causes the hydrogen molecules to have a positive charge and the oxygen molecules to have a negative charge.
When there is more than one molecule of water, the positive end of one molecule sticks strongly to the negative side of another molecule.
All this attraction between the molecules makes it harder for them to move, because you have to break that attraction.
Thus it takes a lot of energy to raise the temperature of water and the temperature of water has to be pretty high (from a scientist's perspective) for it to change from a solid (ice) to a liquid to quench your thirst!
What else can I help you with?
Does liquid iron has less thermal energy or more thermal energy?
Iron naturally exists in solid state and heat is required for its liquifaction so liquid iron has high thermal energy.
Is aluminum an insulator or conductor of thermal energy?
Aluminum is a conductor of thermal energy and electrical energy.
What name is given for the transfer of thermal energy from areas of high thermal energy to areas of low thermal energy?
The name for the transfer of thermal energy from areas of high thermal energy to areas of low thermal energy is known as heat transfer. Heat flows naturally in this direction until thermal equilibrium is reached.
Do substances with high thermal energy have fast moving particles?
Yes, substances with high thermal energy have particles that are moving rapidly. The higher the thermal energy, the faster the particles move. This movement is what we perceive as temperature or heat.
Can aluminum conduct thermal energy?
Yes, aluminum is a good conductor of thermal energy. It can quickly transfer heat from one area to another due to its high thermal conductivity. This property makes aluminum useful in various applications where rapid heat transfer is required, such as in cookware and heat sinks.
Does liquid iron has less thermal energy or more thermal energy?
Iron naturally exists in solid state and heat is required for its liquifaction so liquid iron has high thermal energy.
What is gases thermal energy?
high
How are thermal energy and temperature similare?
Temperature is what is used to measure thermal energy The more thermal energy a substance has, the more warmer it will be. So when the temperature is high, there is a lot of thermal energy Thermal energy is just energy. It refers to the energy of the molecules. Temperature is just a measurement
Is aluminum an insulator or conductor of thermal energy?
Aluminum is a conductor of thermal energy and electrical energy.
What name is given for the transfer of thermal energy from areas of high thermal energy to areas of low thermal energy?
The name for the transfer of thermal energy from areas of high thermal energy to areas of low thermal energy is known as heat transfer. Heat flows naturally in this direction until thermal equilibrium is reached.
Do substances with high thermal energy have fast moving particles?
Yes, substances with high thermal energy have particles that are moving rapidly. The higher the thermal energy, the faster the particles move. This movement is what we perceive as temperature or heat.
Can aluminum conduct thermal energy?
Yes, aluminum is a good conductor of thermal energy. It can quickly transfer heat from one area to another due to its high thermal conductivity. This property makes aluminum useful in various applications where rapid heat transfer is required, such as in cookware and heat sinks.
Does heat energy travel from an object with a low or high thermal energy?
Heat energy travels from an object with high thermal energy to one with low thermal energy, as it seeks to reach thermal equilibrium. This transfer occurs through conduction, convection, or radiation until both objects reach the same temperature.
What is an example for thermal transformed into chemical?
There are many path, thermal energy could transform to chemical energy. Photosynthesis use the radiation energy generated from heat of the sun and adding carbon dioxide with water forming starch, a chemical compound with high energy content. Thermo-Electric could transform thermal energy to electrical energy and use to separate water to hydrogen and oxygen and obtain hydrogen as chemical fuel. For the direct transformation path from thermal to chemical energy, there is the thermal decomposition of water directly to hydrogen and oxygen. It required very high temperature in order of 2000 oC as in HYDROSOL power plant.
An object with high temperature has more . Than an object with a lower temperature does?
An object with high temperature has more thermal energy than an object with a lower temperature does. Thermal energy is the internal energy of an object due to the vibration and movement of its particles.
Is the sun thermal energy?
No antil it hits erth then it turns into thermal energy.
Does gold conducts thermal energy?
More or less everything conducts thermal energy, but to different degrees.
