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Why is water considered "sticky"? What does that mean?

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The extraordinary stickiness of water is due to the two hydrogen atoms, which are arranged on one side of the molecule and are attracted to the oxygen atoms of other nearby water molecules in a state known as "hydrogen bonding." (If the molecules of a liquid did not attract one another, then the constant thermal ...
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Step-by-step explanation:

Ya que las cargas eléctricas opuestas se atraen, las moléculas de agua tienden a atraerse unas a otras, haciendo el agua "pegajosa," como lo muestra el diagrama del lado derecho. Cuando las moléculas de agua se atraen unas a otras, se unen. Esta es la razón del porqué se forman las gotas

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