If water molecules are like magnets, why do you think frozen water molecules don't pull toward each other? do you think it has anything to do with how close together the molecules are?

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If water molecules are like magnets, why do you think frozen water molecules don't pull toward each other? do you think it has anything to do with how close together the molecules are?

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A water molecule consists of two hydrogen atoms bonded to an oxygen atom,and its overall structure is bent.This is because the oxygen atom,also carries two pairs of unshared electrons.All of the electron pairs-shared and unshared-repel each other.

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