Tag: boiling point
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Which factors contribute to the boiling point of ethanoic acid?
Boiling points are a function of the intermolecular forces. The ethanoic acid dimer has an effective RMM = 120. This means that considerable Van der Waals force would be expected between particles. Compare with a totally non-polar molecule with a similar relative mass such as decane. The boiling point of decane is 174ºC. Were ethanoic…
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What actually happens when a liquid boils?
May 21st, 2007 All liquids contain particles in which the energy distribution is governed by the laws of statistics. This energy distribution may be plotted as a curve, called the Maxwell Boltzmann graph that shows some particles with very little energy, some with large amounts of energy and the bulk of the particles with energy…