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How many hydrogen bonds are in a water 20-mer cluster?

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A hydrogen atom attached to an electronegative atom (such as oxygen or nitrogen) and another electronegative atom in a different molecule or in a different location within the same molecule will communicate with one another through a process known as a hydrogen bond. Each water molecule in a solution can create up to four hydrogen bonds, two with its hydrogen atoms and two with its lone electron pairs.

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