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Does alcohol or water evaporate faster?

Alcohol typically evaporates faster than water under the same conditions due to its lower boiling point. Alcohol molecules have weaker intermolecular forces, allowing them to escape into the air more readily.


What happens to solubility of alcohol in water when the amount of alcohols is gradually increased?

As more alcohol is added to water, the solubility of alcohol in water generally increases. This is because alcohol molecules can form hydrogen bonds with water molecules, making it easier for the alcohol to dissolve. However, there may be a limit to how much alcohol can dissolve in water depending on the type of alcohol and temperature.


The alcohol content of whiskey can be increased by distilling because?

distilling removes water and increases the concentration of alcohol in the liquid. The process involves heating the liquid to separate the alcohol from other components, resulting in a higher alcohol content.


Why is alcohol and not water used to remove green pigments?

Alcohol is used to remove green pigments because it breaks down the chlorophyll molecules, which are responsible for the green color in plants. Water is not as effective at breaking down chlorophyll because it is a polar solvent, while alcohol is non-polar and can dissolve chlorophyll more readily.


Which shows maximum hydrogen bonding with wate.is it methyl alcohol or ethyl alcohol?

Ethyl alcohol shows maximum hydrogen bonding with water because it has an additional -CH2 group compared to methyl alcohol, providing more sites for hydrogen bonding with water molecules.

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Does alcohol or water evaporate faster?

Alcohol typically evaporates faster than water under the same conditions due to its lower boiling point. Alcohol molecules have weaker intermolecular forces, allowing them to escape into the air more readily.


Why does Gasolinel evaporate faster than water because it is more what than water?

Volatile?


What all can be seprated by distillation?

Two (ore more) compounds of different volatility can be separated by distillation: Water and alcohol by example: alcohol being more volatile is richer in the vapour phase which is distilled off and separately condensed as distillate. Water with less alcohol stays more in the left behind liquid phase (called residue)


How is distillation effective when making spirits?

Alcohol is more volatile than water so when heated the water comes alcohol comes off first (distills) and hence the distillate becomes richer in alchol and leaves other material including water behind


Is chloroform less volatile than water?

Yes, chloroform is less volatile than water because it has a higher boiling point, meaning it evaporates more slowly at room temperature.


Why does alcohol evaporate faster than water?

Alcohol evaporate faster than water because water has extensive hydrogen bonding between its molecules which results in its high boiling point whereas in alcohol, amount of hydrogen bonding is smaller as compared to water. This makes the boiling point of alcohol less than water.


What is the most volatile gas?

Someliquidshavetendencyto to get turned intovapor form at normal room temperature and pressure.Our cloths became dry due to escape of water molecules in air. Hot and dry air make water more volatile. Gasoline (petrol)is volatile as it rapidly turn into vapor andkerosene is not. Alcohol is also volatile. In high altitude, due to less atmospheric pressure all these becomes more volatile. Higher the boiling point, less volatile the substance is.


Is water more or less viscous than spirits?

Ethanol has dipole moment in the C-O bond and the carbon part of it has London Disperse force, whereas water has only hydrogen bond. So ethanol has more intermolecular force than water, making it more viscous than water. Meanwhile, ethanol has less boiling point than water because London disperse force is easily disrupt by heat.


Why does the body lose more water then it needs in a hangover?

Because your body is dehydrated from the alcohol and your body uses any water it can to clean the alcohol out of your system.


Water has a boiling point of 100 c while sodium chloride has a boiling point of 1465 c. which of the two substances above is more volatile?

Water is more volatile than sodium chloride because it has a lower boiling point. Volatility refers to how easily a substance changes from a liquid to a gas at a lower temperature.


How does petrol evaporate faster than water?

It is more volatile than water.


What happens to solubility of alcohol in water when the amount of alcohols is gradually increased?

As more alcohol is added to water, the solubility of alcohol in water generally increases. This is because alcohol molecules can form hydrogen bonds with water molecules, making it easier for the alcohol to dissolve. However, there may be a limit to how much alcohol can dissolve in water depending on the type of alcohol and temperature.