• Mercival@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    Technically molecules consist of ions, not atoms. Though now that I look it up, they’re used more or less interchangeably in English in this context.

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      11 months ago

      Dosen’t that depend on the type of bond between the atoms? Ions are created only if there is a ionic bond. Water has covalent bonds so it dosen’t create ions.

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      11 months ago

      I would argue that all ions are still atoms. More importantly, not all water molecules ionize under regular conditions, the vast majority in fact remains in molecular form.

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        11 months ago

        Yes, ions are non-neutral atoms. However, the polar bond in H₂O technically means that the atoms in the molecule are ionized.

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        11 months ago

        You’re right. The water molecule doesn’t even consist of ions, it has covalent bonds. I dun goofed big time.