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Offline mookxi

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Boiling points
« on: June 01, 2006, 11:56:14 PM »
How can you tell out of :

ethan, chloroethane, ethanol, and ethanoic acid

which has the highest/lowest boiling points?

Has it got anything to do with being non-polar or polar?

Your help would be appreciated!
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Re: Boiling points
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2006, 12:16:04 AM »
Think about what the boiling point represents, what is happening as you heat a solution, and what happens when it vapourises. Think about what type of molecules might be harder to vapourise and why. You are on the right track with polarity.
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