Melting Point
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Re: Melting Point
The element or compound with stronger intermolecular forces (so more polarizable) has a higher melting point because then it takes more energy to overcome those IMF.
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Adding onto what Gina said, you can use the list of IMF's that Lavelle discussed in his lectures to see which molecules have stronger interactions depending the type of interaction.
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Re: Melting Point
Melting points increase as the intermolecular strength of the atom increases. The more forces acting upon the nucleus to hold the atom together, the more energy required to break these.
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For molecules, those with stronger intermolecular forces have a higher melting point. Ionicly bonded crystals will have very high melting points, then hydrogen bonded molecules, then dipole-dipole, then weak London Disperson forces.
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Re: Melting Point
The stronger IMF = higher melting point because you require more energy to break the bonds apart.
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An element has a higher melting point when the intermolecular force is strong. For instance, Iodine would have a higher melting point than Fluorine because Iodine has a bigger atom and is polarizable(more easily distortable cloud of electrons), thus, making the intermolecular force strong. I hope this helps :)
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Whichever molecule has the highest IMF, because then it takes more energy (heat) to break the bonds between atoms.
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This goes back to the difference in type of change, melting point is a phase change, which means that it concerns Intermolecular forces.
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Hi,
Before we can deduce which element has a higher melting point, we need to understand what determines the melting point.
As the melting point is the temperature at which a substance transitions from a solid into a liquid, you can think of the temperature as an amount of energy (i.e. higher temperatures = higher melting points = higher amounts of energy needed). Now, when we melt something that energy is invested as you could say into disrupting those intermolecular forces holding the elements together.
Now, for the elements we will mostly concern ourselves with London Dispersion Forces (i.e. the weakest intermolecular force). When comparing elements, we tend to look at number of electrons and the overall size of the element as it determines its polarizability, and in turn the strength of the London Dispersion Forces.
Thus, the stronger the intermolecular attraction, the more energy required, and in turn a higher melting point.
Hope this helps! :)
Before we can deduce which element has a higher melting point, we need to understand what determines the melting point.
As the melting point is the temperature at which a substance transitions from a solid into a liquid, you can think of the temperature as an amount of energy (i.e. higher temperatures = higher melting points = higher amounts of energy needed). Now, when we melt something that energy is invested as you could say into disrupting those intermolecular forces holding the elements together.
Now, for the elements we will mostly concern ourselves with London Dispersion Forces (i.e. the weakest intermolecular force). When comparing elements, we tend to look at number of electrons and the overall size of the element as it determines its polarizability, and in turn the strength of the London Dispersion Forces.
Thus, the stronger the intermolecular attraction, the more energy required, and in turn a higher melting point.
Hope this helps! :)
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Looking at melting point, the higher the intermolecular force, the higher the melting point. With that being said, molecules with ion-ion bonds would usually have one of the highest melting point (as they are the strongest intermolecular force), while molecules with London dispersion forces usually have one of the lowest melting point (as they are one of the weakest intermolecular forces).
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