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Originally Posted by Mercedes Benzene
Why would it NOT attain the geometry that it does??
And a water molecule IS NOT a tetrahedron.
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Because it's an electromagnetic thing that doesn't fixed a geometry?
However, like you, I don't think it is a tetrahedron, if there is a fixed geometry. My gross model of a water molecule is a softball with two dimes stuck to its surface, separated by 104.5 degrees of the softball's circumference. My understanding of this water-molecule model is that the dimes are never in a fixed location with respect to the softball, but rather "floating" on its electron clouds.
—Larv
