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PROPERTIES OF WATER
• Water is solvent
which has strong dipole
moment and participates in H-bonding with
a wide range of molecules.
moment and participates in H-bonding with
a wide range of molecules.
Property Significance
• Excellent
solvent transport & rxns in
biological
processes, nutrients, waste
processes, nutrients, waste
• High
surface
tension controls
physiology, rraindrop
• High
LEvap controls heat transfer 2.4 kJ g-1
• High
Cs heat capacity controls temperature
4 J K-1g-1 (specific heat capacity of water)
4 J K-1g-1 (specific heat capacity of water)
• Max.
density
at 4oC ice floats on lakes
• Amphoteric wide range of acid-base rxns
• oxidant
or reductant vital part of redox systems
