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 480: 11.61

Answer

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We know that yes the heat of vaporization of $0.9$, $5.6$ and $20.4\frac{KJ}{mol}$ for $H_2$, $N_2$ and $Cl_2$ respectively increase in the order of the respective molecular masses of $2.016$, $28.02$ and $71.0$. We also know that the London forces increase in order of increasing molecular mass.
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