Question

You are studying the boiling point of liquids with some fellow students. You have to liquids of different Molecular weights and you test each of them twice. You find that one with a lower molecule also has a lower boiling point. You would like to be more confident with the pattern of noticing what other two possible next steps? In 1 to 2 sentences give specific different examples of how the experiment could be extended assessed or improved

Answer 1

In addition to the weight of the molecule, the different liquid compounds can be classified according to the type of intermolecular force.

For example, the following molecules has 5 carbon atoms, but pentanol has hydrogen bonds so it will have stronger bonds and therefore a higher boiling point than pentane which only forms Van der Waals bonds: