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Grade Upto college levelOrganic Chemistry

When an orbit increases from the center,the melting point increases.why?

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13 Years agoGrade Upto college level
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12 Years ago
Melting is a surface phenomenon. It increases with increase in surface area. As the size of an atom increases its surface area also gets increases which results in increase in melting point.
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