• rumschlumpel@feddit.de
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    11 months ago

    I tought a water molecule is 2 atoms of hydrogen and 1 atom of oxygen? Or does it not count as an atom anymore when it’s part of a molecule?

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      11 months ago

      Technically molecules consist of ions, not atoms. Though now that I look it up, they’re used more or less interchangeably in English in this context.

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        11 months ago

        Dosen’t that depend on the type of bond between the atoms? Ions are created only if there is a ionic bond. Water has covalent bonds so it dosen’t create ions.

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        I would argue that all ions are still atoms. More importantly, not all water molecules ionize under regular conditions, the vast majority in fact remains in molecular form.

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          11 months ago

          Yes, ions are non-neutral atoms. However, the polar bond in H₂O technically means that the atoms in the molecule are ionized.

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          11 months ago

          You’re right. The water molecule doesn’t even consist of ions, it has covalent bonds. I dun goofed big time.