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Water is liquid at room temperature but not hydrogen sulphide. Why?

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Sulphur is less electronegative than oxygen, and the S-H bond is much less polar than the O-H bond. Hence, there is no hydrogen bonding in hydrogen sulphide, and it normally exists as a gas with discrete H2S molecules.



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