Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Why alcohol is volatile although it has hydrogen bonds?



We are always told that hydrogen bonds increase the boiling point of a liquid and as a result they decrease the liquid's volatility.


I want to know the reason why, alcohol with hydrogen bonds is still volatile ?




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