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Title: Water has a high boiling point with a low molar mass. Why? Post by: coopcoopcoop on Mar 26, 2014 Water has a high boiling point with a low molar mass. Why?
Title: Re: Water has a high boiling point with a low molar mass. Why? Post by: padre on Mar 26, 2014 Oxygen in a water molecule is highly electronegative and hydrogen has sufficient positive charge on it.One atom of oxygen combines with two hydrogen atoms using its lone pairs forming a coordinate covalent bond.This bond formed between hydrogen and highly electronegative oxygen is a very strong bond and is called hydrogen bond.Thus a lot of heat is required to break this type of bond.
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