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Grade 11Physical Chemistry

why is the vapour pressure of ether low in cmparison to water even when ether has covalent bond and water has hydrogen bond.?

Profile image of Dawn  Elizabeth
16 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of askiitian.expert- chandra sekhar
16 Years ago

Hi Dawn,

In water there will be Hydrogen bonding.... there is absence of hydrogen bonding in ether......that means there is bonding between two molecules of water..

It doesnt mean that water has only H bonding........