Sentences with phrase «neighboring water molecules»
The two hydrogen atoms of the molecules tend to attract neighboring water molecules.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/ Not exact matches
The water - hating molecules are prevented from combining with their counterparts on other strings by the action of water - loving molecules, which form little pockets of protection around neighboring water - hating molecules.
Two features make this polymer ultrastrong, Sachleben told Live Science: Its molecules, or «beads,» are strongly attracted to one another; and hydrogen bonds — the same bonds found in DNA, as well as water molecules — keep the «beaded strings» tightly interlocked with their neighboring beaded strings, Sachleben said.
It's called non-molecular ice, because the water molecule is broken apart and the hydrogen atoms are shared between neighboring oxygens.
I believe it boils down to (pun intented) statistics and at any one time there's just a statistical chance a water molecule will rob enough energy from its neighbors to peel off from the surface as vapor.