Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Water Particles in Science

This is a one water particle. During science yesterday I found that it is made up of two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen. When water is at room temperate the particles are moving slowly and have only a small space between them. When the water is chilled to make ice, the particles cram together and hardly move. Finally, when the water is heated, to create steam, the particles separate and move around 'frantically' (TW). I also learnt that when steam has risen from a container, any salt or sugars will be left, as only pure water vapour can rise as steam.

Does anyone else know some more facts about Water Particles?

2 comments:

  1. Did you know that H20 (The chemical symbol for water) comes from the water particles. The H2 represents Hydrogen x 2, because it is 2 parts hydrogen. The O is for 1 part Oxygen, and Together it is H20!

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  2. Hey TH, Here is a good website about water.
    If you scroll a bit down there are a couple
    of paragraphs specifically for water molecules.
    Here it is http://www.chem1.com/acad/sci/aboutwater.html#WMOL

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