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Which will form large vapour NH3 or H2O . Explain. |
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Answer» The extent of hydrogen bonding DEPENDS upon electronegativity and the number of hydrogen atoms available for bonding. Among nitrogen, fluorine, and oxygen, the increasing order of their electronegativities are N H2O > NH3.But, the actual order is H2O > HF > NH3.Although fluorine is more ELECTRONEGATIVE than oxygen, the extent of hydrogen bonding is higher in water. There is a shortage of hydrogens in HF, whereas there are exactly the right numbers of hydrogens in water. As a result, only straight CHAIN bonding takes place. On the other hand, oxygen FORMS a huge ring-like structure through its high ability of hydrogen bonding |
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