Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Week 3- Water Concepts

Somewhat informative about polar molecules, water being one. The picture was nice...Covalent bonds are polar when one atom attracts more electrons than the other. Oxygen attracts more than hydrogen, so there is an asymmetrical charge. The oxygen is more neg., while the hydrogen is more positive. This part is a little bit hard for me, but I think water dissolves other substances because of this, being the positive hydrogen attracting negative atoms in other water or substances.

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