Wednesday, January 17, 2018

phase - Why is ice less dense than water?


I know the traditional explanation, which says that ice has large spaces between $\ce{H2O}$ molecules because hydrogen-bonding gives it an open structure. But what does the open structure have to do with hydrogen-bonding? Why isn't a similar phenomenon observed in other species which exhibit hydrogen-bonding, like $\ce{HF}$ or $\ce{NH3}$?




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