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ethanol has a lower amount of intermolecular forces than water. These forces keep the molecules more uniformly in place in a liquid or solid. due to water's ability to have the intermolecular force of hydrogen bonding (which is very strong), the water molecules need more energy to break up these bonds, while ethanol needs less energy to break these bonds... energy in this case is heat, so water needs more heat to heat up and vaporize and ethanol needs less.

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