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Which of the following factors is responsible for the fact that water is a liquid at room temperature?

Select one:

a. Covalent O-H bonds

b. Ionic bonds

c. Hydrogen bonds

d. Hydrophobic bonding between water molecules

e. The molecular weight of water

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