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The hydrogen atom of one water molecule, with its partial positive charge, is attracted to the oxygen atom of a neighboring water molecule, with its partial negative charge, forming a hydrogen bond.

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It's due to the structure of the Oxygen part of the water molecule: when two hydrogen atoms join oxygen to form water, their placemrnt is non-symetrical ... instead of attaching to opposite sides of the oxygen, both hydrogens join to one side of the oxygen [ it looks more like a mickey-mouse hat than the rings of Saturn].

This results in a polarity in the water molecule; negative on the oxygen side and positive on the hydrogen side.

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In the water molecule (H2O), the oxygen maintains a greater pull on the bonded electrons so that the O is slightly more negative than either of the Hs. Thus other molecule's Hs are pulled to the Os in yet other molecules, creating hydrogen bonds.

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A water molecule has two partially positive hydrogen atoms which will be attracted to lone electron pairs on an electronegative atom (nitrogen, oxygen, or fluorine) in another molecule and has two lone electron pair that can attract hydrogen atoms bonded to an electronegative atom

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the bonds that hold together the atom in a water molecule are polar covalent bonds

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the bonds that hold together the atoms in a water molecule are polar covalent bonds.

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its protons and the electrons have a chemical bond together

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The polarity of H2O molecule

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