When the oxygen atom in one water molecule is close to a hydrogen atom in another water molecule, what is most likely to happen?
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well the formation of hydrogen bonds as oxygen is highly electronegative(the most highly electronegative atom) and hydrogen is highly electropositive
they will adhere to one another that's how water gains its surface tension as well
A hydrogen bond will form between the two. Hydrogen bonds form between one molecule which contain a hydrogen atom bonded to either nitrogen, oxygen or flourine (highly electronegative) and a molecule which contains either nitrogen, oxygen or flourine with a lone pair of electrons. So the bond will form between the hydrogen atom and the N, O or F atom containing the lone pair.
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