Water molecules

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From: Marc Afifi (mafifi@redshift.com)
Date: Mon Nov 15 1999 - 13:12:37 PST 

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Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 21:12:37 +0000
From: Marc Afifi <mafifi@redshift.com>
Subject: Water molecules

I understand that the current model for liquids is to think of them as
comprised of tiny, temporary, dynamic packets of highly ordered (i.e.
solid) material sliding past each other, much like flowing grains of
sand. How does the explanation I learned (and offered) regarding the
attraction to a static charge change in light of the new model?

Does anyone have an approximation of the average number of molecules
that each of these tiny packets contains for, say, water at 25C?

-Marc

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