If you mean pure water, then each molecule consists of one oxygen and then 1 hydrogen attached to each side of the oxygen: H-O-H (although the actual structure resembles a bent line). The water is held together by hydrogen bonds between the hydrogen atoms of various molecules. When the water is heated, the hydrogen bonds break, allowing the H2O molecules to escape as water vapor.
However, any other questions require a bit more information. All kinds of impurities can exist in water.
2007-02-03 15:13:30
·
answer #1
·
answered by Anonymous
·
0⤊
0⤋
Water is the chemical substance with the chemical formula H2O; meaning that one molecule of water is composed of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom. Water is a colorless, tasteless, and odorless liquid at ambient temperature and pressure. It is a very important solvent, dissolving many other chemical substances, such as salts, sugars, acids, alkalis, some gases and many organic molecules, to name a few of them.
Water is unusual in that it is a liquid under normal conditions, when relationships between other analogous hydrides of oxygen's column in the periodic table suggest it should be a gas, as is hydrogen sulphide. If the periodic table is examined, it will be noted that the elements surrounding oxygen are nitrogen, fluorine, phosphorus, sulphur and chlorine. All of these elements combine with hydrogen to produce gases at normal temperature and pressure. The reason that oxygen forms a liquid is that it is more electronegative; oxygen pulls on electrons much more strongly than hydrogen, leaving a net positive charge on the hydrogen side of the molecule, and a net negative charge on the oxygen side. The electrical attraction 'pulls' separate molecules closer together and raises the boiling point. This attraction is known as hydrogen bonding.
Water has been referred to as the universal solvent, and the only real pure substance found naturally on Earth in all three states of matter. It is in dynamic equilibrium between the liquid and vapor states at standard temperature and pressure. Ionically, water can be described as as a hydrogen ion (H+) that is bonded to a hydroxide ion (OH-).
2007-02-04 06:06:10
·
answer #2
·
answered by rimu_zzz 2
·
0⤊
0⤋
two molecules of Hydrogen plus one molecule of Oxygen. Water can be broken down so easily into the O2 molecule and the Hydrogen ions because Hydrogen bonds are very weak.
2007-02-03 23:06:18
·
answer #3
·
answered by jrodbendi 3
·
0⤊
1⤋
molecules of Hydrogen and Oxygen= H2O
2007-02-03 23:10:09
·
answer #4
·
answered by Angela Vicario 6
·
0⤊
0⤋
Chlorine.
2007-02-03 23:09:43
·
answer #5
·
answered by Ben 7
·
0⤊
0⤋
2 molecules of HYDROGEN
1 molecule of OXYGEN
= H2O
2007-02-03 23:11:16
·
answer #6
·
answered by little.clown 2
·
0⤊
0⤋
cummmmm!!!
2007-02-03 23:28:17
·
answer #7
·
answered by Flongkoy 2
·
0⤊
1⤋