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frojej9
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College - Junior
What type of chemical property occurs when water breaks down, or decomposes?
It's a science question about chemical properties.
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ecc322 Student
High School - 9th GradePosted by ecc322 on Thursday October 2, 2008 at 4:39 PM
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cylassie Teacher
High School - 12th GradePosted by cylassie on Wednesday October 22, 2008 at 4:58 AMChemical 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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helen75 Student
High School - 10th GradePosted by helen75 on Wednesday November 19, 2008 at 3:24 AMWater 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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