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2007-02-18 10:36:38 · 5 answers · asked by Jeremy 1 in Science & Mathematics Botany

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High specific heat. High latent heat of fusion. High latent heat of evaporation/condensation. High viscosity. Universal solvent.

2007-02-18 10:48:37 · answer #1 · answered by water lover 3 · 1 0

THE PROERTIES OF WATER (PRIORITIES)
1)It helps people to bujhaafay their thirst.
Thereby its provides for a profit earning job for companies like bislery , aquafina, kinley....and also the road side" machine ka thanda pani walas ".

2)So many people (but not all) take bath and that spreads cleanliness in the society+provides us an almost odourless world.

3)It is used in the cooking of the foods etc....

4)YEH jal hai Jeevan hai.

5)and last but not the least - "machhali JAL ki rani hai + jeevan uska PANI hai"

2007-02-19 07:51:07 · answer #2 · answered by PIYUSH G 2 · 0 0

Water is a chemical substance that is essential to all known forms of life. It appears colorless to the naked eye in small quantities, though it is actually slightly blue in color. It covers 71% of Earth's surface.
Water is the chemical substance with the chemical formula H2O: one molecule of water is composed of two hydrogen atoms covalently bonded to a single oxygen atom. Water is a colorless, tasteless, and odorless liquid at ambient temperature and pressure. It is a very important solvent, capable of dissolving many other chemical substances, such as salts, sugars, acids, alkalis, some gases and many organic molecules.

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 sulfide. If the periodic table is examined, it will be noted that the elements surrounding oxygen are nitrogen, fluorine, phosphorus, sulfur 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 than all of these elements (other than fluorine). Oxygen pulls on electrons much more strongly than hydrogen, leaving a net positive charge on the hydrogen atoms, and a net negative charge on the oxygen atom. The presence of a charge on each of these atoms gives each water molecule a net dipole moment. Electrical attraction between water molecules due to this dipole pulls individual molecules closer together, making it more difficult to separate the molecules and therefore raising the boiling point. This attraction is known as hydrogen bonding.

Water has been referred to as the universal solvent, and is the only real pure substance found naturally on Earth in all three states of matter. It is in dynamic equilibrium between the liquid and solid states at standard temperature and pressure. Ionically, water can be described as as a hydrogen ion (H+) that is associated with a hydroxide ion (OH-).

2007-02-19 04:34:33 · answer #3 · answered by babitha t 4 · 0 0

It is clear.
It boils at 100 degrees C
It freezes at 0 degrees C
Heat of vaporization is 540 calories per gram.
Specific heat of water is 1 calorie per gram.
It is called the universal solvent because it dissolves so many things.
It is tasteless and odorless
Its most dense temperature is 4 degrees C

2007-02-18 18:51:13 · answer #4 · answered by science teacher 7 · 0 0

* Water is unique in that it is the only natural substance that is found in all three states -- liquid, solid (ice), and gas (steam) -- at the temperatures normally found on Earth. Earth's water is constantly interacting, changing, and in movement.

* Water freezes at 32o Fahrenheit (F) and boils at 212o F (at sea level, but 186.4° at 14,000 feet). In fact, water's freezing and boiling points are the baseline with which temperature is measured: 0o on the Celsius scale is water's freezing point, and 100o is water's boiling point. Water is unusual in that the solid form, ice, is less dense than the liquid form, which is why ice floats.
* Water has a high specific heat index. This means that water can absorb a lot of heat before it begins to get hot. This is why water is valuable to industries and in your car's radiator as a coolant. The high specific heat index of water also helps regulate the rate at which air changes temperature, which is why the temperature change between seasons is gradual rather than sudden, especially near the oceans.
* Water has a very high surface tension. In other words, water is sticky and elastic, and tends to clump together in drops rather than spread out in a thin film. Surface tension is responsible for capillary action, which allows water (and its dissolved substances) to move through the roots of plants and through the tiny blood vessels in our bodies.
* Here's a quick rundown of some of water's properties:
- Weight: 62.416 pounds per cubic foot at 32°F
- Weight: 61.998 pounds per cubic foot at 100°F
- Weight: 8.33 pounds/gallon, 0.036 pounds/cubic inch
- Density: 1 gram per cubic centimeter (cc) at 39.2°F, 0.95865 gram per cc at 212°F

2007-02-19 02:40:59 · answer #5 · answered by Satrohraj 4 · 0 0

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