Question

Arrange the following substances in increasing order of forces of attraction between the particles— water, sugar, oxygen.

Answer 1

The key to this answer is the strength of the forces of attraction in the different states of matter.

The order of interparticle spaces among the states of matter is:
Gas > Liquid > Solid

The order of interparticle forces of attraction among the states of matter is:
Gas < Liquid < Solid
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Since water is liquid, sugar is solid and oxygen is gas, so the increasing order of forces of attraction between their particles is:
Oxygen < Water < Sugar