CHM361H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Hyperventilation, Conjugate Acid, Acid Dissociation Constant
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Chm 361 chapter 2 water: the medium of life. The eccentricity of water"s properties is due to its bent nature at 104. 3 degrees as well as its strong covalent o-h bond. Water"s great cohesion can be attributed to the fact that it"s o-h bonds constantly change between being covalently and hydrogen bonded. Water"s high specific heat, low density as a solid, great cohesion, and so on, make it very different from other biomolecules that share its molecular weight. One o atoms can be hydrogen bonded to about 4. 4 other molecules in whatever direction; water as a liquid is quite disordered for this reason. In its liquid form, water molecules engage in hydrogen bond relationships for about 9. 5 picoseconds, thus providing its very disordered, but fluid nature. Water are very polar solvents due to its bent nature, thus it can dissolve charged and uncharged polar substances.
