What is Water?
Learn about the molecular structure of water below…
Everything on Earth is made of atoms. An atom is the smallest particle of an element. Water is a simple molecule, made up of two hydrogen (+H) atoms which are positively charged and one oxygen (-O2) atom which is negatively charged. When the three atoms bond, it creates water (H2O).
The way in which they bind is of importance and determines how water interacts with other molecules. The molecular structure allows one side to become negatively charged and the other positively charged making its polarity charge differential. This allows water molecules to stick to each other and other molecules which aids processes such as body regulation, the absorption of nutrients/medicine, its boiling point and water uptake in plants.
