General Chemistry 10th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1-28505-137-8
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-137-6

Chapter 11 - States of Matter; Liquids and Solids - Questions and Problems - Page 483: 11.105

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As ethylene glycol molecules can form hydrogen bonding with each other while the pentane molecules can't do that. The greater intermolecular forces in ethylene glycol show the greater resistance to flow i.e viscosity.
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