Which of the following is least intermolecular spacing?
A
Water
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B
Steam
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C
Ice
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D
All of them
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Solution
The correct option is A Water
Liquid water has less molecular space than ice and is
therefore denser. That’s why ice floats.In liquid water, the molecules tend to
bond together since one “end” of the molecule is slightly more positive than
the other. Ice, one the other hand, is crystalline in nature and the molecules
are spaced farther apart.