How does Hydrogen and Oxygen make H2O?

Answer 1

Hydrogen can give away one electron. Oxygen takes two to fill its valence. It takes two hydrogens to do this.

Answer 2

The reason that Hydrogen and Oxygen are able to make H2O is due to their opposite charge. You see, Hydrogen contains a 1+ charge, while Oxygen contains a 2- charge, and therefore they attract each other. When you want to write the compound out, you have to criss cross the charges between them, and there you will have H20. So for every Oxygen atom you know that there will be 2 hydrogen atoms attached to it.

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Answer 3

in water there are 2 atoms of hydrogen and an atom of oxygen, elements try to gain the stable octet or duplet structure so that they can be like the noble gases in group 8 of the periodic table.so oxygen needs 2 atoms to attain the octet structure while hydrogen needs 1 atom to attain the duplet structure and so the 2 hydrogen molecules that form water gain 1 atom each by bonding with oxygen which gains 2 atoms from both af them making it's atoms 10 (2 in the inner shell and 8 on the outer)

Answer 4

If you burn hydrogen in oxygen you get water as the only product of combustion.

Thunder and lightening are not caused by hydrogen and oxygen combining to make water, though. That's caused by a build up of static electricity in clouds, then discharged to the ground.

Answer 5

the hydrogen and oxygen atoms
like each other

so they party !!!!

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do i get the points !!!!?????

the hydrogen atoms have one electron in the outer orbital. oxygen has a configuration of 1S22S22P4 therefore the oxygen atoms are two electrons short of a full orbital.therefore there is a desire for the two electrons from the hydrogen and the h atoms become positively charged. when the oxygen atom gains the two electrons,it becomes negatively charged. as the electrons move back and forth it is called a covalent bond.

the union is therefore caused by opposite charges attracting.


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Answer 6

2 hydrogen atoms+!oxygen atom=H20

hydrogen hydrates go figure and is a feul to the human body

oxygen is what we breathe so when active the more you drink the more breathe or oxygen you have and you are hydrated through the active time period but make sure to drink alot when you drink water your vocal cords are also in a way lubricated to the singers if you drink almost six glasses a day you will lose weight because of watersustainible fats like fat that can be reduced by water

Answer 7

When Hydrogen atoms and Oxygen atoms joins at two to one ratio at a very thermal conditions they combine to form H2O.

Answer 8

Remember that the H20 atom bonds uniquely with both hydrogen atoms on the same side of the oxygen in a shape similar to mickey mouse ears.. this is what causes it to act in such unique ways!. Its all about filling the outermost shell of each electron.

Answer 9

2 Hydrogen atoms and 1 Oxygen atom fuse to make water.

Answer 10

2H2 + O2 ---> 2H2O

Two molecules of hydrogren will react with a molecule of oxygen at a very high temperature to form water. This is what happens in a rocket - hydrogen is used as a fuel.