hydrogen bond — An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

hydrogen bond

بند ِ هیدروژنی

band-e hidroženi

Fr.: liaison hydrogène

The attractive force between the hydrogen attached to an electronegative atom of one molecule and an electronegative atom of a different molecule. Usually the electronegative atom is oxygen, nitrogen, or fluorine, which has a partial negative charge. The hydrogen then has the partial positive charge.

See also: → hydrogen; → bond.

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