Question

Arrange the following substances in increasing order of attraction between the particles: water, sugar, oxygen

Answer 1

• The three substances differ in their physical state at normal temperature.
• Oxygen is a gas, water is a liquid while sugar is a crystalline solid.
• As solid particles have the highest attraction between themselves, liquid particles have more attraction than gas particles but less than solid particles.
• Keeping this in mind, the increasing order of attraction between the particles is oxygen < water < sugar.