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Water has an unusually high specific heat, melting point, boiling point, and heat of vaporization as...

Water has an unusually high specific heat, melting point, boiling point, and heat of vaporization as compared to compounds of similar molar mass. Explain why.

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Compounds having molecular mass similar to that of water doesn't show hydrogen bonding upto that extent that is show by H2O molecule because oxygen is highly elctronegative atom and there is large electronegativity difference between oxygen and hydrogen atoms.

queen_honey_blossom answered 2 years ago
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