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Q. What explains most of Waters life supporting properties?
–The polarity of water molecules and the hydrogen bonding that results explain most of water’s life-supporting properties.
Table of Contents
- Q. What explains most of Waters life supporting properties?
- Q. What is the most important role of hydrogen bonding between water molecules?
- Q. What type of bonds occur between water and hydrogen molecules in h2o?
- Q. How does hydrogen bonding between water molecules affect the properties of water?
- Q. How do water molecules interact with one another?
- Q. What happens when 2 water molecules interact?
- Q. Why are water molecules attracted to each other?
- Q. Which is more covalent LiCl or KCl?
- Q. What type of bond is i2?
- Q. Is bacl2 least ionic?
Q. What is the most important role of hydrogen bonding between water molecules?
Hydrogen bonding is important in many chemical processes. Hydrogen bonding is responsible for water’s unique solvent capabilities. Hydrogen bonds hold complementary strands of DNA together, and they are responsible for determining the three-dimensional structure of folded proteins including enzymes and antibodies.
Q. What type of bonds occur between water and hydrogen molecules in h2o?
Strong linkages—called covalent bonds—hold together the hydrogen (white) and oxygen (red) atoms of individual H2O molecules.
Q. How does hydrogen bonding between water molecules affect the properties of water?
Water’s high heat capacity is a property caused by hydrogen bonding among water molecules. When heat is absorbed, hydrogen bonds are broken and water molecules can move freely. When the temperature of water decreases, the hydrogen bonds are formed and release a considerable amount of energy.
Q. How do water molecules interact with one another?
A water molecule is made up of two hydrogen atoms connected by covalent bonds to one oxygen atom. Water molecules interact with each other through a type of interaction called hydrogen bonding. A tetrahedral arrangement of four water molecules around a central one is the key to understanding water.
Q. What happens when 2 water molecules interact?
When the hydrogen atoms of 2 different water molecules come together, they repel. When an oxygen atom and a hydrogen atom from two different water molecules come together, they attract.
Q. Why are water molecules attracted to each other?
Water is highly cohesive—it is the highest of the non-metallic liquids. More precisely, the positive and negative charges of the hydrogen and oxygen atoms that make up water molecules makes them attracted to each other.
Q. Which is more covalent LiCl or KCl?
In LiCl and KCl the anions are the same. From the periodic table, we can see that Li+ is smaller than K+.So in LiCl more polarisation occurs and makes it more covalent than KCl.
Q. What type of bond is i2?
IODINE: Iodine forms a diatomic non-polar covalent molecule. The graphic on the top left shows that iodine has 7 electrons in the outer shell. Since 8 electrons are needed for an octet, two iodine atoms EQUALLY share 2 electrons.
Q. Is bacl2 least ionic?
Here Ag is the d-block element and it forms least ionic compound whereas K, Ba, and Ca are the s-block element and form an ionic compound.
