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JEE Main Chemistry question

ChemistryChemical Bonding and Molecular StructureJEE Main

Each water molecule in ice is linked to its neighbours by hydrogen bonding, in a tetrahedral arrangement. Find the number of water units directly hydrogen-bonded to one water unit in ice.

Answer: 4

Solution

In the hydrogen-bonded lattice of ice, each water molecule donates 2 hydrogen bonds (through its 2 H atoms) and accepts 2 hydrogen

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