How do the electrons move when water is being formed? Does the oxygen atom give an electron to each hydrogen atom? Do the hydrogen atoms give their electron to the oxygen atom? Or is one pair of electrons shared at the bonds?

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a1234 · Answer

Or does no giving or sharing electrons happen?

ipwnbunnies · Answer

The hydrogen atoms and the oxygen atom share electrons, so it's a covalent bond. Hydrogen and oxygen are both nonmetals.

ipwnbunnies · Answer

My logic should be the other way though: Since H and O are both nonmetals, a covalent bond exists, so H and O are sharing electrons.

aaronq · Answer

"How do the electrons move when water is being formed?"

what are the reactants?

abb0t · Answer

Using molecular orbital theory explanation of valence bond theory?

a1234 · Answer

This is only 8th grade science, they don't go too deep into anything. So is one pair shared at the bonds?

ipwnbunnies · Answer

Yes, lol.

a1234 · Answer

Thanks!

ipwnbunnies · Answer

Both hydrogen atoms share their single electrons.

ipwnbunnies · Answer

You should've told me 8th grade before I went into my double bond lecture. x_X

a1234 · Answer

I did understand a lot of what you said :).

ipwnbunnies · Answer

At least that what counts lol.