Thread: Hydrogen Fluoride and Water
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Old July 18th, 2006, 10:08
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In HF only Vanderwaal's forces are present where as in H2O both Vanderwaals as well as Hydrogen bonding, so to break the H-bonding it requires more amount of energy than taht of the Vanderwaals force.


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