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 484: 11.117

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We know that a. The boiling point increases with the increasing size of atoms and hence the London forces also increase. b. Hydrogen bonding exists between H--F molecules and is is stronger than London forces. c. Th hydrogen halides are polar and have dispersion forces that's why there are dipole-dipole interactions.
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