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The more covalent the bonding the more volatile the species?
« on: April 07, 2006, 03:14:22 PM »
I remember hearing this before, that if all thing are equal the more covalent the bonding the more volatile that given species will be. Is this even true, or did I somehow pick up this dogma some where along my chemical career? If it is true, where can I find more information on it?
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Re:The more covalent the bonding the more volatile the species?
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2006, 04:04:35 PM »
Sounds more or less logical (the more covalent boonding the weaker the dipole, the weaker the interactions - the more volatile compound). But no idea about where to look for details.

Besides, "all other things equal" is a dangerous assumption here - they can't be equal :)
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