Sublimation and deposition also occur on surfaces. However, even below the boiling point, water can change to vapor at its surface by evaporation (vaporization throughout the liquid is known as boiling). Phase transitionsĪt a pressure of one atmosphere (atm), ice melts or water freezes at 0 ☌ (32 ☏) and water boils or vapor condenses at 100 ☌ (212 ☏). Though interaction is weak, with superconducting magnets it can attain a notable interaction. Without this protection, most aquatic organisms would perish during the winter. This ice insulates the water below, preventing it from freezing solid. In a lake or ocean, water at 4 ☌ (39.2 ☏) sinks to the bottom, and ice forms on the surface, floating on the liquid water. This expansion can exert enormous pressure, bursting pipes and cracking rocks (see Frost weathering). The density of ice is 917 kg/m 3 (57.25 lb/cu ft), an expansion of 9%. Water differs from most liquids in that it becomes less dense as it freezes. The addition or removal of heat can cause phase transitions: freezing (water to ice), melting (ice to water), vaporization (water to vapor), condensation (vapor to water), sublimation (ice to vapor) and deposition (vapor to ice). The other two common states of matter of water are the solid phase, ice, and the gaseous phase, water vapor or steam. Also cognate, through the Indo-European root, with Greek ύδωρ ( ýdor), Russian вода́ ( vodá), Irish uisce, and Albanian ujë.Īlong with oxidane, water is one of the two official names for the chemical compound HĢO it is also the liquid phase of HĢO. The word water comes from Old English wæter, from Proto-Germanic * watar (source also of Old Saxon watar, Old Frisian wetir, Dutch water, Old High German wazzar, German Wasser, vatn, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐍄𐍉 ( wato), from Proto-Indo-European * wod-or, suffixed form of root * wed- ("water" "wet"). 3.7 Electrical conductivity and electrolysis.Water, ice and snow are also central to many sports and other forms of entertainment, such as swimming, pleasure boating, boat racing, surfing, sport fishing, diving, ice skating and skiing. Water is an excellent solvent for a wide variety of substances both mineral and organic as such it is widely used in industrial processes, and in cooking and washing. Large quantities of water, ice, and steam are used for cooling and heating, in industry and homes. Much of the long-distance trade of commodities (such as oil, natural gas, and manufactured products) is transported by boats through seas, rivers, lakes, and canals. Fishing in salt and fresh water bodies is a major source of food for many parts of the world. Approximately 70% of the freshwater used by humans goes to agriculture. Water plays an important role in the world economy. Water moves continually through the water cycle of evaporation, transpiration ( evapotranspiration), condensation, precipitation, and runoff, usually reaching the sea. Small portions of water occur as groundwater (1.7%), in the glaciers and the ice caps of Antarctica and Greenland (1.7%), and in the air as vapor, clouds (consisting of ice and liquid water suspended in air), and precipitation (0.001%). Water covers approximately 70.9% of the Earth's surface, mostly in seas and oceans. The gaseous state of water is steam or water vapor. When finely divided, crystalline ice may precipitate in the form of snow. Clouds consist of suspended droplets of water and ice, its solid state. It forms precipitation in the form of rain and aerosols in the form of fog. "Water" is the name of the liquid state of H 2O at standard conditions for temperature and pressure.Ī number of natural states of water exist.
The hydrogen atoms are attached to the oxygen atom at an angle of 104.45°. Its chemical formula, H 2O, indicates that each of its molecules contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms, connected by covalent bonds. It is vital for all known forms of life, even though it provides no calories or organic nutrients. Water (chemical formula H 2 O) is an inorganic, transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance, which is the main constituent of Earth's hydrosphere and the fluids of all known living organisms (in which it acts as a solvent ).
Clouds in Earth's atmosphere condense from gaseous water vapor.
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