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 Table of Contents
 • Introductory Comments
 • What is Molecular Modeling?
 • Why is Molecular Modeling Important?
 • What do some common molecules look like?
 • Where's the Math?
 • Carbon 3 Ways
 • Carbon Compounds
 • Water and Ice
 • Water and Ice pt.II
 • How to view structures in class or at home
 • MathMol Library of Structures.
 • Tutorial 1: 1-Dimension, 2-Dimensions, 3-Dimensions...
 • Tutorial2: The Geometry of 2 Dimensions..
 • Tutorial3: The Geometry of 3- Dimensions
 • Tutorial4: The Geometry of Molecules.
 • Appendix1: Scientific Notation
 • Appendix 2: Mass
 • Appendix3: Volume
 • Appendix4: Density
 

WATER MOLECULES IN MOTION

This is a flash file made from a short molecular dynamics simulation of water. The green lines represent hydrogen bonds between oxygen and hydrogen. Notice the tight structure of water

Hydrogen bonds are much weaker than covalent bonds. However, when a large number of hydrogen bonds act in unison they will make a strong contributory effect. This is the case for water molecules shown here.

Liquid water has a partially ordered structure in which hydrogen bonds are constantly being formed and breaking up. Because of the short time scale (on the order of a 100 picoseconds) few bonds are seen breaking.

 

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