is not water more than just its bonds ?

any better answer

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_water_is_liquid_at_room_temperature

Water is the chemical substance with chemical formula H2O: one molecule of water has two hydrogen atoms covalently bonded to a single oxygen atom.[6] Water is a tasteless, odorless liquid at ambient temperature and pressure, and appears colorless in small quantities, although it has its own intrinsic very light blue hue. Ice also appears colorless, and water vapor is essentially invisible as a gas.[1] Water is primarily a liquid under standard conditions, which is not predicted from its relationship to other analogous hydrides of the oxygen family in the periodic table, which are gases such as hydrogen sulfide. Also the elements surrounding oxygen in the periodic table, nitrogen, fluorine, phosphorus, sulfur and chlorine, all combine with hydrogen to produce gases under standard conditions. The reason that water forms a liquid is that oxygen is more electronegative than all of these elements with the exception of fluorine. Oxygen attracts electrons much more strongly than hydrogen, resulting in a net positive charge on the hydrogen atoms, and a net negative charge on the oxygen atom. The presence of a charge on each of these atoms gives each water molecule a net dipole moment. Electrical attraction between water molecules due to this dipole pulls individual molecules closer together, making it more difficult to separate the molecules and therefore raising the boiling point. This attraction is known as hydrogen bonding. The molecules of water are constantly moving in relation to each other, and the hydrogen bonds are continually breaking and reforming at timescales faster than 200 femtoseconds.[7] However, this bond is strong enough to create many of the peculiar properties of water described in this article, such as the those that make it integral to life. Water can be described as a polar liquid that slightly dissociates disproportionately into the hydronium ion (H3O+(aq)) and an associated hydroxide ion (OH−(aq)).
2 H2O (l) H3O+ (aq) + OH− (aq)
The dissociation constant for this dissociation is commonly symbolized as Kw and has a value of about 10−14 at 25 °C; see "Water (data page)" and "Self-ionization of water" for more information.

Sodium and chlorine are both deadly poisons but combined we put them on our chips and in almost everything we cook. I think there's something more going on.

How about
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_determines_the_boiling_point_of_a_substance

And this

Quote:

Water is the chemical substance with chemical formula H2O: one molecule of water has two hydrogen atoms covalently bonded to a single oxygen atom.[6] Water is a tasteless, odorless liquid at ambient temperature and pressure, and appears colorless in small quantities, although it has its own intrinsic very light blue hue. Ice also appears colorless, and water vapor is essentially invisible as a gas.[1] Water is primarily a liquid under standard conditions, which is not predicted from its relationship to other analogous hydrides of the oxygen family in the periodic table, which are gases such as hydrogen sulfide. Also the elements surrounding oxygen in the periodic table, nitrogen, fluorine, phosphorus, sulfur and chlorine, all combine with hydrogen to produce gases under standard conditions. The reason that water forms a liquid is that oxygen is more electronegative than all of these elements with the exception of fluorine. Oxygen attracts electrons much more strongly than hydrogen, resulting in a net positive charge on the hydrogen atoms, and a net negative charge on the oxygen atom. The presence of a charge on each of these atoms gives each water molecule a net dipole moment. Electrical attraction between water molecules due to this dipole pulls individual molecules closer together, making it more difficult to separate the molecules and therefore raising the boiling point. This attraction is known as hydrogen bonding. The molecules of water are constantly moving in relation to each other, and the hydrogen bonds are continually breaking and reforming at timescales faster than 200 femtoseconds.[7] However, this bond is strong enough to create many of the peculiar properties of water described in this article, such as the those that make it integral to life. Water can be described as a polar liquid that slightly dissociates disproportionately into the hydronium ion (H3O+(aq)) and an associated hydroxide ion (OH−(aq)).
2 H2O (l) H3O+ (aq) + OH− (aq)
The dissociation constant for this dissociation is commonly symbolized as Kw and has a value of about 10−14 at 25 °C; see "Water (data page)" and "Self-ionization of water" for more information.

Source

bonds again

picture the water molecule , now picture the interaction of the atoms within the water molecule , they attract , complex , but they attract

as you observe where is the liquid ?

picture the water molecule , now picture the interaction of the atoms within the water molecule , they attract , complex , but they attract

north wrote:

bonds again

picture the water molecule , now picture the interaction of the atoms within the water molecule , they attract , complex , but they attract

as you observe where is the liquid ?

Sorry North, you are either not reading or not understanding some basic molecular physics.

If I've interpreted correctly what you are saying (in the quote that I have bolded) you are expecting to be able to recognise that something is a liquid from observing one molecule? Liquidity (or any other state of matter) is not a property of single molecules, it is only observable when extremely large numbers of molecules are grouped together and it is a description of their motion in relation to each other. In solids the molecules vibrate but stay in approximately the same position. Liquids are non-compressible fluids the molecules move around more freely but take the shape of their container. Gases are compressible fluids, molecules are sufficiently energised to expand to fill a container.

Apologies if I've misinterpreted what you've said.

What's holding the water molecules close enough together to appear on the macro level as a liquid is not just about the interactions between atoms in a molecule - it is also about the polar attraction of the molecules themselves to each other. The molecule is asymmetric and the O end (red below) is negatively charged and attracts the positively charged hydrogen ends of other water molecules which in turn attract the oxygen ends of other water molecules ad infinitum.

Ah, dude, you are quoting yourself.

I'm hoping you read my last post since this post.