Eli5 – how can water be made of hydrogen and oxygen?

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Liquid water – made from two types of gas. Makes no sense to me, whatsoever. Water seems to be one of the strangest substances and we completely take it for granted that, apparently, it’s made of gas!

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Hydrogen and oxygen are gaseous in room temperature, but they are not gasses, they are elements that have liquid forms as well. When combined into a H2O molecule their properties change, quite significantly, one of which is that water is liquid in room temperature and normal pressure.

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