- Messages
- 1,229
- Reaction score
- 740
- Points
- 123
why 4?In solid ice hydrogen bonding give rise to an open cage like structure in with each water molecule is linked tetrahedrally to four molecules. Thus molecules no longer remain closely packed and mass per unit volume i.e. density decreases. That is why ice floats on water.
2 h's and a O will hydrogen bond with other 3 molecules,right?