Question #302094
Identify the type of physical properties you would need to consider in comparing the strength of intermolecular forces in solids and liquids.
Expert's answer
Among them there are both low-melting (sulfur, selenium, phosphorus) and refractory substances (graphite, diamond, silicon, boron). The melting points of these substances do not depend on their relative atomic mass: the relative atomic mass of iodine is 127, and boron is only 11, but the melting point of boron is much higher.
