Поскольку связи в молекуле воды очень полярны и составляют угол около 104є друг с другом, сама молекула тоже очень полярна. Полярность воды объясняет ее необычную теплоемкость и скрытую теплоту, высокое поверхностное натяжение, и ее способность растворять ионные и полярные молекулярные вещества. Вода очень медленно реагирует с большинством веществ в отсутствии катализатора, снижающего энергию активации.

Water - Water consists of two hydrogen atom and one oxygen atom (H₂O). Water covers three-fourths of the Earth's surface, 60-70% of the world's weight, regenerates and redistributes through evaporation and other atmospheric processes. Water is involved in electrical charge separation because it has two types and positions of atoms giving it a net dipole movement. Water vapor also absorbs 17% of solar radiation in the troposphere, thus making it one of the two principal greenhouse gases. Of the solar energy absorbed by the Earth's surface a little more than half goes into latent heat, which is heat absorbed by water because of its transformation from a liquid to a gas. When these molecules condense back into a liquid, usually higher in the atmosphere, they released that energy back into the atmosphere as local warming.
Atmospheric Chemistry Glossary