A report on Properties of water
Polar inorganic compound that is at room temperature a tasteless and odorless liquid, which is nearly colorless apart from an inherent hint of blue.
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Ice
4 linksWater frozen into a solid state, typically forming at or below temperatures of 0 degrees Celsius or 32 degrees Fahrenheit.
Water frozen into a solid state, typically forming at or below temperatures of 0 degrees Celsius or 32 degrees Fahrenheit.
Ice may be any one of the 19 known solid crystalline phases of water, or in an amorphous solid state at various densities.
Molecule
2 linksGroup of two or more atoms held together by attractive forces known as chemical bonds; depending on context, the term may or may not include ions which satisfy this criterion.
Group of two or more atoms held together by attractive forces known as chemical bonds; depending on context, the term may or may not include ions which satisfy this criterion.
A molecule may be homonuclear, that is, it consists of atoms of one chemical element, e.g. two atoms in the oxygen molecule (O2); or it may be heteronuclear, a chemical compound composed of more than one element, e.g. water (two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom; H2O).
Ammonia
2 linksCompound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula NH3.
Compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula NH3.
Liquid: Liquid ammonia possesses strong ionising powers reflecting its high ε of 22. Liquid ammonia has a very high standard enthalpy change of vaporization (23.35 kJ/mol, cf. water 40.65 kJ/mol, methane 8.19 kJ/mol, phosphine 14.6 kJ/mol) and can therefore be used in laboratories in uninsulated vessels without additional refrigeration. See liquid ammonia as a solvent.
Chemical polarity
2 linksSeparation of electric charge leading to a molecule or its chemical groups having an electric dipole moment, with a negatively charged end and a positively charged end.
Separation of electric charge leading to a molecule or its chemical groups having an electric dipole moment, with a negatively charged end and a positively charged end.
Water (H2O) is an example of a polar molecule since it has a slight positive charge on one side and a slight negative charge on the other.
Solvent
2 linksSubstance that dissolves a solute, resulting in a solution.
Substance that dissolves a solute, resulting in a solution.
Water
Chemical substance
1 linksForm of matter having constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.
Form of matter having constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.
A common example of a chemical substance is pure water; it has the same properties and the same ratio of hydrogen to oxygen whether it is isolated from a river or made in a laboratory.
Ice Ih
1 linksIce Ih (hexagonal ice crystal) (pronounced: ice one h, also known as ice-phase-one) is the hexagonal crystal form of ordinary ice, or frozen water.
Thermohaline circulation
1 linksPart of the large-scale ocean circulation that is driven by global density gradients created by surface heat and freshwater fluxes.
Part of the large-scale ocean circulation that is driven by global density gradients created by surface heat and freshwater fluxes.
The adjective thermohaline derives from thermo- referring to temperature and -haline referring to salt content, factors which together determine the density of sea water.
Self-ionization of water
0 linksThe self-ionization of water (also autoionization of water, and autodissociation of water) is an ionization reaction in pure water or in an aqueous solution, in which a water molecule, H2O, deprotonates (loses the nucleus of one of its hydrogen atoms) to become a hydroxide ion, OH−.