Question

Statement: Liquids with lower boiling points are more volatile.

State whether the given statement is true or false.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is A True

A substance is said to be volatile if it boils at a low temperature, changing from the liquid to the gas phase.

A liquid boils when the pressure of its particles entering the gas phase rises to equal the surrounding atmospheric pressure.

The nearer a liquid is to its boiling point, the higher its vapour pressure. Liquids with low boiling points have higher vapour pressures at any given temperature than liquids with high boiling points. Hence will be volatile.

Hence, the given statement is $true$