Place the following substances in Order of decreasing boiling point H20 N2 CO

-195.8º < -191.5º < 100º

Explanation:

Water, or H20, starts boiling at 100ºC.

Nitrogen, or N2, starts boiling at -195.8ºC.

Carbon monoxide, or C0, starts boiling at -191.5ºC.

When we place these in order from decreasing boiling point:

-195.8º goes first, then -191.5º, and 100º goes last.

therefore, N2, CO, H20

Decreasing boiling point

Explanation:

the bond existing in H2O is hydrogen bond

bond existing in N2 is covalent bond, force existing is dipole-dipole-interaction

bond existing in CO is covalent bond , force existing between is induced -dipole- induced dipole-interaction

hydrogen bond is the strongest , followed by dipole-dipole-interaction and induced -dipole- induced dipole-interaction

the stronger the bond , the higher the boiling point

therefore, N2, CO, H20

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Decreasing boiling point

in 1783 cavendish was working with his hydrogen gas and found that when he burned it and condensed the vapor it was water. this was very significant since it disproved the greek theory of elements completely since water was not a simple substance but the product of two gases. it was lavoisier who hearing of the experiment gave cavendish's gas the name hydrogen ("water-producer") and added that hydrogen burned by combining with oxygen and that water was a hydrogen-oxygen combination.

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