Water
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- Created on: 01-03-19 17:42
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- Water
- Major component of cells
- Water is a dipolar molecule
- made up of 2 hydrogen atoms & 1 oxygen atom
- water has no overall charge
- oxygen has slight negative charge
- hydrogen has slight positive charge
- water has both negative & positive poles
- Water & Hydrogen bonding
- positive pole of 1 water molecule attracted to negative pole of another
- attractive force is a hydrogen bond
- hydrogen bond is relatively weak
- about 1/10th of covalent bond
- huge numbers of hydrogen bonds in water
- significant response & are responsible for many of unusual properties
- positive pole of 1 water molecule attracted to negative pole of another
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