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?

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?

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Originally Posted by derekvb

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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Hello D:

296 degrees.

excon

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.