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frojej9
frojej9
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College - Junior

What process causes the decomposition of water?

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Posted by frojej9 on Wednesday October 1, 2008 at 1:04 PM and tagged with chemical, chemistry, decomposing, physical, properties, science, water.


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  1. ecc322
    ecc322 Student
    High School - 9th Grade

    do you mean like evaporation?

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    Posted by ecc322 on Thursday October 2, 2008 at 4:39 PM

  2. cylassie
    cylassie Teacher
    High School - 12th Grade

    Chemical properties don't occur, they just exist.  Water can be broken down into Hydrogen and Oxygen gas through electrolysis, that is running an electrical current through water and collecting the gasses.

    Hydrogen bonds with the oxygen atoms have to be broken and this takes energy.

    The following video shows  electroylsis, even if they can spell equipment.

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    Posted by cylassie on Wednesday October 22, 2008 at 4:58 AM

  3. helen75
    helen75 Student
    High School - 10th Grade

    Water is the chemical substance with chemical formula H2O: one molecule of water has two hydrogen atoms covalently bonded to a single oxygen atom.  Since oxygen has a higher electronegativity than hydrogen, water is a polar molecule. The oxygen has a slight negative charge while the hydrogens have a slight positive charge giving the article a strong effective dipole moment. The interactions between the different dipoles of each molecule cause a net attraction force associated with water's high amount of surface tension.     

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    Posted by helen75 on Wednesday November 19, 2008 at 3:24 AM