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23-02-2017
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Why does the oxygen atom in a water molecule have a negative charge

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Govinda Govinda

23-02-2017

In the covalent bond between oxygen and hydrogen, the oxygen atom attracts electrons a bit more strongly than the hydrogen atoms. The unequal sharing of electrons gives the water molecule a slight negative charge near its oxygen atom and a slight positive charge near its hydrogen atoms.

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