It takes so much heat to melt ice or evaporate water because extra energy is required to break the hydrogen bonds between water molecules.
<h3>Hydrogen bond</h3>
Hydrogen bonding is an electrostatic force of attraction between a hydrogen atom found between a pair of other atoms having a high affinity for electrons.
Hydrogen bonds cause water to be exceptionally attracted to each other creating cohesion.
It takes so much heat to melt ice or evaporate water because extra energy is required to break the hydrogen bonds between water molecules.
