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Here's a couple of questions for my scientist friends about water... Do H2O molecules ever split up or swap component atoms naturally in the company of one another and in different physical states of ice, water and steam? Or is each molecule locked together as atoms in a permanent threesome for perpetuity?

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From memory, I think what you are talking about is dissociation which increase with higher temperatures. Covalent bonds are very strong but there is always some movement and this increases with higher activation energies. External stimulus in the form of radiation or electrical discharge also increases the process. There's a short article here:

 

http://chemistry.proteincrystallography.org/article36.html

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