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Water Vs. Ethanol

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Jimi12303:
Hi! am just wondering how can water have a higer melting and boilling point than ethanol if both can make hydrogen bonds and ethanol can also make london dispersion bonds?

chenbeier:
Water has two hydrogen to connect to other water molecules. Alcohol has only one. London dispersion bonds are more weaker as hydrogen bridge bonds.

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