Boiling non-water things

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So when you boil water, you're breaking hydrogen bonds as it turns into a gas. What bonds are being broken as solids/liquids of non-hydrogen bonding compounds change phase?

[Grace Chen 3F]

Other intermolecular forces are broken. Hydrogen bonds are broken in the phase of boiling water because hydrogen bonds are the intermolecular force holding water molecules together. Taking CH4 as an example, dispersion force is what holds CH4 molecules together. So, when CH4 boils, dispersion force is broken

[Barbara Soliman 1G]

It depends on what their intermolecular forces are. If they only have LDFs, then LDF bonds are being broken. If they have dipole-dipole and LDF, then those are as well. It depends on the molecules and what type of intermolecular forces are holding them together. Hope this helps!

[Michael Vigman 2D]

Different molecules will have different IMFs. Depending on how strong those IMFs are will determine the necessary energy required to break those bonds and effect a phase change.

[Kayla Tran 3C]

The bonds that are broken depend on what bonds hold that molecule together. The stronger the intermolecular interaction, the more energy is required to break it.