From:	SHADE <MFN6430@*****.TAMU.EDU>
Subject:	Re: polarity of water.
Date:	Fri, 11 Mar 1994 12:46:46 -0600

>Wrong. Water _is_ polar, all the time. Pure water is mostly H2O, but this
>dissolves into H3O+ and OH-, a very (VERY) litle bit. Also, ever water
>molecule has a + and a - side to it, which causes it to form H-bridges.
>Without those bridges, the boiling point of water would be somewhere
>around -150 degrees C, and that would mean no life as we know it could
>exist...

Wrong in the facts, but correct in the main.

SHADE