BRAINCAKEAnomalous Properties of Water
Hydrogen bonding in water causes it to have anomalous properties such as high melting and boiling points, high surface tension and a higher density in the liquid than the solid.
Water has high melting and boiling points compared to molecules of comparable size due to the strong hydrogen bonding between the molecules in both ice and water.
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Key terms in this lesson
- hydrogen bond
- A strong dipole attraction between a lone pair on a highly electronegative N, O or F atom and an H atom bonded to N, O or F.
More in Discrete Molecules
- London Forces
- Permanent Dipoles
- Hydrogen Bonds
- Intermolecular Forces and Boiling Points
- Solvents
- Dissolving Ionic Solids
- Metallic Lattices
- Giant Ionic Lattices
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