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How does the structure of water explain its high boiling point and high heat of vaporization?
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Water contains two hydrogens and one oxygen atom. It is bent in the shape of an "L". The position of the hydrogen allows the hydrogen to interact with other highly electronegative atoms in other molecules. Oxygen is a highly electronegative atom. The hydrogen forms hydrogen bonds with other water molecules' oxygen atom. This occurs throughout a solution of water. A tremendous amount of heat (energy) has to be applied to break these bonds for water to change from one state to another. This is why it has a high boiling point when you try to go from liquid to gas.
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Vaporization is the conversion of a liquid to a gas or vapor when the liquid is its boiling point?
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What does vaporization point mean?
it mean a scale of hot water boiling
What is vaporization that occurs below the liquid surface at is boiling point?
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What is it called when vaporization occurs below the surface of a liquid?
Evaporation occur at the surface of a liquid; under the surface is vaporization.
What is the process of which a liquid changes into a gas?
boiling point
Another word for evaporation?
Evaporation is vaporization under the boiling point.
How does vaporization relate to evaporation and boiling.?
Vaporization occur at the boiling point and from the total volume of the liquid.Evaporation occur at any temperature but only from the surface of the liquid.
What does vaporization point mean?
it mean a scale of hot water boiling
Vaporization is the conversion of a liquid to a gas or vapor when the liquid is its boiling point?
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What is vaporization that occurs below the liquid surface at is boiling point?
vine
What phase change involves gas becoming a solid?
Vaporization (in mass, at the boiling point) or evaporation (on the surface and under boiling point).
What is the different between vaporization evaporation and boiling?
The difference between them is that boiling is when you heat a liguid and it turns into a gas, vaporization is when a liquid changes into a gas and evaporation occurs at the surface of a liquid beneath its boiling point.
What is it called when vaporization occurs below the surface of a liquid?
Evaporation occur at the surface of a liquid; under the surface is vaporization.
What are the 2 kinds of vaporization?
The vaporization that takes place below the surface of liquid is called boiling. The other one that takes place at the surface of a liquid is called evaporation
Is the amount of energy required for a liquid at its boiling point to become a gas is?
heatof vaporization
What is the process of which a liquid changes into a gas?
boiling point
Why does water have a relatively high boiling point and heat vaporization?
Because of strong hydrogen bonding.
