Question

If water were a non-polar molecule, what would be its likely state at `1*atm` and `"room temperature"`?

Answer 1

`"If water were a non-polar molecule..........?"`

Explanation:

Then water would probably be a room temperature gas, just as so many molecules, with comparable or GREATER molecular mass than water, i.e. `X_2`, `H_2S`, `CH_4`, `NH_3`, `C_2H_6`, are room temperature gases.

Water is an extraordinary molecule, and we can explain many of its properties using simple notions of electronegativity and polarity.

The polarity of the `stackrel(""^(+)delta)H-stackrel(delta^-)O-stackrel(delta^+)H` molecules allows hydrogen bonding between water molecules, and this functions as A POTENT intermolecular force.