What is the formal charge of hydrogen in water

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What is the formal charge of hydrogen in water

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Lilia · Answer 1

Answer: it doesn't have a charge

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When hydrogen and oxygen combine to make water, it doesn't have a charge because all of the electrons are neutralized

Anastasia Santiago · Answer 2

Answer: The formal charge on hydrogen is calculated as follows. Hydrogen has one valence electron (GN = 1), no unshared electrons (UE = 0) and two shared electrons in the oxygen-hydrogen covalent bond (BE = 2). Thus the calculated formal charge on hydrogen is zero.