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Which out of H2O and H2S has higher boiling point and why ?

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Water has a higher boiling point than hydrogen sulphide. The intermolecular attractions between water molecules are stronger than H2S molecules due to hydrogen bonding in H2O due to high electronegativity and small size of oxygen atom.

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