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Strongly polar. It's all about the intermolecular forces. A polar molecule is polar because of the electronegativity differences between the atoms. It results in something called hydrogen bonding, which is extremely powerful. It takes more energy to break stronger bonds...that's why you need hotter temperatures in order to melt polar substances.

Nonpolar substances have an electronegativity difference of 0. The only thing holding those substances together are London dispersion forces, which is a random force and the weakest of all the intermolecular forces. It's easier to break these bonds, that's why they have lower boiling points.

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