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Water is liquid at room temperature. Why?

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It is the polarity of the water molecules that makes it a liquid at room temperature. The water molecules is dipolar because of the great difference in the polarities oxygen and hydrogen. Thus, the hydrogen bond develops between the H and O of adjacent water molecules and it is because of this strong hydrogen bond that packs the water molecules closely together, water is a liquid at room temperature.

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