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Derekvb
Dec 23, 2009, 04:46 PM
Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius liquid nitrogen boils at about -196 degrees Celsius what is the difference between the boiling points of water and liquid nitrogen?
Derekvb
Dec 23, 2009, 04:47 PM
Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius liquid nitrogen boils at about -196 degrees Celsius what is the difference between the boiling points of water and liquid nitrogen?
Derekvb
Dec 23, 2009, 04:49 PM
water boils at 100 degrees celcius liquid nitrogen boils at about -196 degrees celcius what is the difference between the boiling points of water and liquid nitrogen?
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excon
Dec 23, 2009, 05:16 PM
Hello D:
296 degrees.
excon
Unknown008
Dec 23, 2009, 08:24 PM
If you're asking what is the difference between them that makes them having such different boiling points, then you have to have a knowledge of hydrogen bonds present among water molecules which hold them tightly together.
Moreover, a water molecule is polar, and not a nitrogen molecule. Those two effects both contribute (hydrogen bonding more) to the boiling points you can see.