BIOCHEMISTRY
PROPERTIES OF WATER
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Question
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The bonds between hydrogen and oxygen atoms are very strong.
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The electrons in the atoms attract the electrons in the other atoms.
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The molecules at the surface strongly cohere to the other molecules on the surface with them
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Water molecules near the surface produce more buoyant force than water molecules within theliquid.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Cohesion of water This dome-like shape forms due to the water molecules’ cohesive properties, or their tendency to stick to one another.
Detailed explanation-2: -What allows us to get such a large dome of water on top of the penny? Water has a high surface tension. This happens because water molecules like to stick together. This property is called cohesion.
Detailed explanation-3: -Surface tension and droplets: Surface tension is responsible for the shape of liquid droplets. Although easily deformed, droplets of water tend to be pulled into a spherical shape by the cohesive forces of the surface layer.
Detailed explanation-4: -Adhesive and Cohesive Forces Specifically, these attractive forces exist between molecules of the same substance. For instance, rain falls in droplets, rather than a fine mist, because water has strong cohesion, which pulls its molecules tightly together, forming droplets.