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Describe the structure of the common form of ice. |
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Answer» Solution :Ice has a highly ordered three dimensional hydrogen bonded structure as shown in figure. Examination of ice CRYSTALS with X-rays shows that each oxygen atom is surrounded tetrahedrally by four other oxygen atoms at a distance of 276 pm. Hydrogen BONDING GIVES ice a rather OPEN type structure with wide holes. These holes can HOLD some other molecules of appropriate size interstitially. 
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