Why ethyl alcohol has lower boiling point than water? (2024)

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Ethyl alcohol has a low boiling point. Because there are less extensive hydrogen bonding between ethanol molecules than between water molecules, thus less energy is needed to vaporise ethanol than water and water has a higher boiling point than ethanol.

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Why ethyl alcohol has lower boiling point than water? (2024)
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