Hydrogen Bond

494 Words1 Page

Polar molecules have a weak, partial negative and partial a positive charge. For example in water the negative charge is the oxygen atom and the positive the hydrogen atoms in the water.

When water molecules are close together, the regions that are positively and negatively charged are attracted to the oppositely charged regions or nearby molecules.

The dotted lines shown on the picture are called hydrogen bonds. Each water molecule is bonded to four other molecules.

The hydrogen bonds that are created between the water molecules are some of the essential and unique properties of water. The attraction that happens between hydrogen bonds keeps the water in liquid over a bigger range of temperature than for any other molecule. Also, large amount of energy is required to change liquid water to water vapor. When the water is liquid the molecules are attracted through their hydrogen bonds, and in water vapor they are not. The results of these “essentials” are; when mammals cool them selves by the evaporation of their sweat, they achieve this by the large amount of heat used to bre...

More about Hydrogen Bond

Open Document