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Without bonds the hydrogen and oxygen would come apart.
Hydrogen bonds are not the covalent bonds holding the hydrogen and oxygen together in a water molecule, they are the weak dipole bonds between the hydrogen side of the water molecule and other molecules (including the oxygen side of other water molecules). Some of the things hydrogen bonds in water do:
- increase surface tension
- make water a powerful solvent of ionic compounds
- make water expand when cooled below 4C until it freezes at 0C
- gives ice crystals their sixfold symmetry
- etc.
Water is a very unusual compound because of its hydrogen bonds.
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Can water form hydrogen bonds form with itself?
Intermolecular bonds of water molecules are hydrogen bonds.
What type of bonds hold one molecule of water to another molecule of water?
A hydrogen bond is the attractive interaction of a hydrogen atom with an electronegative atom(<-wikipedia). Hence, in a water molecule the positive hydrogen atoms are attracted to the negative oxygen atoms. Just know that the hydrogen bond mentioned above is not a chemical bond. If it were, it wouldn't be water anymore. Another force between water molecules are London Dispersion Forces.
How is Hydrogen bond important to the body?
How is hydrogen bonds important in the body
The bonds that link many water molecules together to form a water drop are bonds.?
Hydrogen.
What type of bonds hold separate water molecules together?
Hydrogen bonds hold water molecules to each other. They're the strongest of the Van der Waal's forces.
Can water form hydrogen bonds form with itself?
Intermolecular bonds of water molecules are hydrogen bonds.
What gives water many properties that are important to living thing?
hydrogen bonds
What kind of bonds give water it's important properties of adhesion cohesion and specific heat?
Hydrogen Bonds
How do bonds form between water molecules?
The bond between water molecules is known as a hydrogen bond.
What determines the cohesiveness of water molecules?
Hydrogen bonds
Hydrogen bonds are very important in the functional shape of?
nucleic acids and proteins
What kind of bond does water commonly make?
Water is composed of molecular bonds, but forms hydrogen bonds with other water molecules. Hydrogen bonds are not actual bonds, but they cause an attraction between the water molecules, which is why water is adhesive.
What type of bonds hold one molecule of water to another molecule of water?
A hydrogen bond is the attractive interaction of a hydrogen atom with an electronegative atom(<-wikipedia). Hence, in a water molecule the positive hydrogen atoms are attracted to the negative oxygen atoms. Just know that the hydrogen bond mentioned above is not a chemical bond. If it were, it wouldn't be water anymore. Another force between water molecules are London Dispersion Forces.
How is Hydrogen bond important to the body?
How is hydrogen bonds important in the body
The bonds that link many water molecules together to form a water drop are bonds.?
Hydrogen.
What type of bonds hold separate water molecules together?
Hydrogen bonds hold water molecules to each other. They're the strongest of the Van der Waal's forces.
Does glucose form hydrogen bonds?
yes it can when it dissolves in water in forms hydrogen bonds in fact its the one that has the most hydrogen bonds
