EXTRA EXERCISE 4.

4 INTERMOLECULAR FORCES

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1. PSPM 2000 Magnesium(Mg), iodine (I2) and silicon (Si) are solid crystals. a) Arrange these solid crystals in order of decreasing boiling point. Explain your answer in terms of attaractive force between atoms. b) Which of these crystals is good conductor in solid state?Explain your answer.

2. PSPM 2000 Explain why boiling point of ICl is higher than Br2 in term of intermolecular forces.

3. PSPM 2002 a) State three factors affect the strength of van der Waals foces b) Compare the boiling point of HF and HBr. Explain your answer.

4. PSPM 2006 a) Explain the difference in boiling point between CF4 and CBr4.

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b) Determine whether propanol CH3CH2CH2OH or propanal has higher vapour pressure at room temperature. Explain.

5. PSPM 2009 Referring to butane, propanal, propanol, explain a) The type of intermolecular forces in the compounds. b) The relative boiling point among those compound.

6. Cloned PSPM 2009. Given the following organic molecule propane, fluoroethane and ethanol. Arrange these compounds in order of increasing boiling point. Explain your answer based on type of intermolecular forces.

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7. PSPM 2009 Arrange the following compounds in increasing boiling points. Explain. CH3CH2OH, CH3COOH, CH3COH, CH3CH2COOH.