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Why is ethanol a liquid at room temperature but ethane is a gas?
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Why is ethanol a liquid at room temperature but ethane is a gas?

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Because hydrogen bonds can be formed between the oxygen on one molecule and the hydrogen of another molecule; which are stronger bonds compared to the weaker dipole-dipole intermolecular bonding of ethane
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