Chemistry of Life
Theresa & Joe
Water & Its Characteristics
Water atoms when joined together look like mickey mouse!
It has all of the following....
- Adhesion- the attachment of one surface to the other.
- Cohesion- the attraction of one surface to another.
- Polarity- the physical alignment of atoms.
- Heat Storage- the trapping of thermal heat in an object
- pH- measure of acidity or basicity (anything 5 and above is considered basic)