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Please can you help me with the hydrides of water?

Please it's an assignment.

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  • BriaR
    Lv 7
    7 years ago
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    There are no hydrides of water. Easy assignment eh?

  • Mike A
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    Hydrides contain the H- ion. One example is sodium hydride NaH. There are no hydrides of water.

  • maussy
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    Hydride for a component means that you have molecules of water which are linked to the molecule.

    So ,the name hydride of water has no sense .

    But, i think you mean how the molecules of water are liked together;Each molecule of water is linked to 4 others molecules of water by hydrogen bonds (2 for the atom of oxygen and 1 for each atom of hydrogen

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