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What is the ionic charge of h2o?

David Vanderbrook  Follow

None. Water is covalently bonded. It is polar with the oxygen being negative and the hydrogen positive.

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Charles Foy  Follow

First Dr. Mark B Fischer is completely correct: Water, H2O is neutral, meaning it carries a net charge of zero. However it is a strongly polar molecule, meaning it carries a partial positive charge near the Hydrogens, and is partially negative charged at the Oxygen. See cartoon water molecule:

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