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The Weirdness of Water Part 2/2

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The Difference Between Water and Heat

Water needs more energy to raise its temperature than almost any other liquid. Water, however, has a structure that other liquids don't have. The difference with water is it has these lovely hydrogen bonds. And if you put some energy into water, you start to excite these hydrogen bonds, and then they start to break apart. That's when you get our rise and your temperature. I am going to make a hydrogen bond bingo cart at this rate.

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