Arrange the following substances in increasing order of forces of attraction between the particles water, sugar, and oxygen.
Matter:
The matter is classified into three physical states that are discussed below:
Solid:
Liquid:
Gas:
The increasing trend for intermolecular forces between the states of matter is Gas< Liquid< Solid.
Water exists in the liquid state, Oxygen is a gas while sugar is solid particle. Thus, the increasing order of forces of attraction between the particles is
Oxygen< Water< Sugar.