If water were a non-polar molecule, what would be its likely state at 1*atm and "room temperature"?

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anor277
May 6, 2017

"If water were a non-polar molecule..........?"

Explanation:

Then water would probably be a room temperature gas, just as so many molecules, with comparable or GREATER molecular mass than water, i.e. X_2, H_2S, CH_4, NH_3, C_2H_6, are room temperature gases.

Water is an extraordinary molecule, and we can explain many of its properties using simple notions of electronegativity and polarity.

The polarity of the stackrel(""^(+)delta)H-stackrel(delta^-)O-stackrel(delta^+)H molecules allows hydrogen bonding between water molecules, and this functions as A POTENT intermolecular force.

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