NCERT Class XI Chemistry Hydrogen Solutions

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Question : 21
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Describe the structure of the common form of ice.
Solution:  
Water molecule in solid form is in a perfect tetrahedral shape when each oxygen atom is tetrahedrally (sp3 hybridization) surrounded by four hydrogen atoms, two of which are covalently joint with oxygen and rest of the two form hydrogen bonds with oxygen. This gives ice an open cage-like structure in which each oxygen atom is in contact with four hydrogen atoms and each hydrogen atom is attached to two oxygen atoms (covalently with one and through hydrogen bonding by the other).
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