How polarity makes water behave strangely - Christina Kleinberg

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Water is both essential and unique. Many of its particular qualities stem from the fact that it consists of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen, therefore creating an unequal sharing of electrons. From fish in frozen lakes to ice floating on water, Christina Kleinberg describes the effects of polarity.

Lesson by Christina Kleinberg, animation by Alan Foreman.

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[TheWabbitTrick]

FALSE!  That little toddler was not cute.

[Joshua Pazos]

So Jesus was a fly? Damn, I knew it.

[Taurus Londono]

That is not what is described in the video; the "hydrogen bond" is *intermolecular*, a dipole-dipole bond. Google the IUPAC definition and inform yourself.

[Ruven Hai Pinchasov]

The bond between water and an ion is called an ion-dipole not a hydrogen bond.

[jgcooper]

nah man, that obviously proves that jesus was made of ice!

[rattrap1985]

Or freeze. It kinda depends on how far away it is from the nearest sun and/or heat source.

[SenteintBeings]

Wooter.

[WhoooLovesOrangeSoda]

Jesus must have been a light weight. I bet that's why he drinks wine and not vodka.

[Lunatic5306]

same expression, different vocabulary.

[Lunatic5306]

you would think so, and they do bond to each other. In a controlled enviroment! but if water were to be in the DEAD of space, not in a space station, it would simply evaporate