Question

Name the following on the basis of your existing knowledge and understanding of concepts:

A substance that has greater intermolecular force than oxygen gas.

Answer 1

Intermolecular forces:

• They are the attractive and repulsive forces that arise between the molecules of a substance. These forces mediate the interactions between individual molecules of a substance.
• Example: Intermolecular force in between ${\mathrm{O}}_2$ molecules and in between ${\mathrm{H}}_2\mathrm{O}$ molecules.
• Oxygen is a gas that has the lowest intermolecular forces among all three states of matter.
• Water is liquid in a state that has greater intermolecular forces than oxygen gas.

Hence, water has a greater intermolecular force than oxygen gas.