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Properties of Water
- Water is polar. The electrons are more strongly attracted to the more electronegative oxygen molecule than to the hydrogen molecule..
- Adjacent Water molecules are held together through hydrogen bonds. This bonding is responsible for some of the properties of water.
- Waters special properties make it essential to life. Water is both strongly cohesive and adhesive, has a high surface tension and both high heat capacity and a high heat of evaporation.
- Substances can be divided into either hydrophilic, meaning water loving, or hydrophobic, meaning water fearing.
- Like dissolves like. For example, hydrophilic substances dissolve in hydrophilic substances.
- Acids increase the concentration of H+ in a solution. Bases decrease the concentration of H+ in a solution.
- The pH scale is used to describe how acidic or basic a solution is. Solutions with a lower pH are more acidic. Those with a higher pH are more basic. A solution with a pH of 7 is neutral.
Properties of Water
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