Question

Water (H2O) is a polar molecule. Ethane (C2H6) is nonpolar.

What is true about water and ethane?

Ethane is likely to have a higher boiling point because it is nonpolar.
Ethane is likely to have a higher boiling point because it has fewer atoms per molecule.
Water is likely to have a higher boiling point because it has fewer atoms per molecule.

Answer 1

Water has a higher boiling point than ethane since ethanes molecules don’t have hydrogen bonds