BIOCHEMISTRY
PROPERTIES OF WATER
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Question
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The hydrogen side
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The oxygen side
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There is no positive charge
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Both sides are positive
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Detailed explanation-1: -Because oxygen and hydrogen attract the shared electrons unequally, each end of the V-shaped H2O molecule adopts a slightly different charge. The area around the oxygen is somewhat negative compared to the opposite, hydrogen-containing end of the molecule, which is slightly positive.
Detailed explanation-2: -The oxygen is the negative end of the molecule, while the area between the hydrogen atoms is the positive end of the molecule.
Detailed explanation-3: -The unequal sharing of electrons gives the water molecule a slight negative charge near its oxygen atom and a slight positive charge near its hydrogen atoms.
Detailed explanation-4: -In a water molecule (H2O), the oxygen nucleus with +8 charges attracts electrons better than the hydrogen nucleus with its +1 charge. Hence, the oxygen atom is partially negatively charged and the hydrogen atom is partially positively charged.