Explain why HC1 is a gas and HF is a liquid.

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Deepak Kumar

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Fluorine is most electronegative due to this HF is more polar than HCl. Therefore HF is associated with intermolecular H Bonding and liquid at room temperature.
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Due to hydrogen bonding in HF .
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Size of Hcl is greater than HF hence it is more stable HF has higher bond stability in terms of hydrogen bonding. FON elements. Hence it can form a liquid.
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This is high polarity and hydrogen bonding in HF So HF has a strong permanetaly strong dipole movement
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Due to hydrogen bonding in HF.
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Due to the hydrogen bonding
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PGT CHEMISTRY 12 year experience teaching XI-XII Students

Due to presence of intermolecular H Bonding in HF
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Due to Hydrogen bonding in HF the molecular force of attraction between H and F is greater than that of inHCl.so HF is liquid and HCl is gas.
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PGT CHEMISTRY 12 year experience teaching XI-XII Students

Fluorine is most electronegative in the periodic table. So HF is more polar than HCl. Therefore in HF associated with intermolecular H bonding makes it liquid at room temperature.
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PGT CHEMISTRY 12 year experience teaching XI-XII Students

Due to H bonding
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