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Water is polar, with the oxygen slightly negative and the hydrogens slightly positive (approximately 5 kcal/mole). Hence, individual water molecules are attracted to each other (+/-) and orient according to their dipole moment.

This attractive force must be overcome by applying heat in order to separate the molecules (heat of vaporization).

Petrol is nonpolar, so the only attractive force that must be overcome is the much weaker Van Der Waals force (an induced dipole moment).

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