Intermolecular forces. Water is a dipole and acts like a magnet, with the oxygen end having a negative charge and the hydrogen end having a positive charge. These charged ends can attract other water molecules.
Water is a dipole and acts like a magnet, with the oxygen end having a negative charge and the hydrogen end has a positive charge. These charged ends can attract other water molecules.
The entire electron densities of the two hydrogen atoms get attracted towards the oxygen atom. Thus a polarity develops in each O−H bond, and therefore, the water molecules are polar in nature and act like little magnets.
