Given these tables below Table 1: Physical Properties of Some Alkanes Name Number of Carbons Physical Sate Melting Poin
Posted: Tue May 17, 2022 9:42 am
Given these tables below
Table 1: Physical Properties of Some
Alkanes
Name
Number of Carbons
Physical Sate
Melting Point (°C)
Boiling Point
(°C)
Density
(g/mL)
Methane
1
gas
-182
-162
—
Ethane
2
gas
-183
-89
—
Propane
3
gas
-188
-42
—
Butane
4
gas
-138
-0.5
—
Pentane
5
liquid
-130
36
0.62
Hexane
6
liquid
-95
69
0.66
Heptane
7
liquid
-91
98
0.68
Octane
8
liquid
-57
126
0.70
Table 2: Boiling Points For Some Alkenes
Number of Carbon Atoms
Alkene
Boiling Point (°C)
2
Ethene
-104
3
propene
-48
4
1-butene
-6
5
1-pentene
30
6
1-hexene
64
7
1-heptene
94
8
1-octene
121
1. a) How does boiling point vary with the number of carbon
atoms?
b) How do the boiling points of alkanes compare with those of
alkenes?
c) What is the relationship between boling point and
intermolecular forces?
Table 1: Physical Properties of Some
Alkanes
Name
Number of Carbons
Physical Sate
Melting Point (°C)
Boiling Point
(°C)
Density
(g/mL)
Methane
1
gas
-182
-162
—
Ethane
2
gas
-183
-89
—
Propane
3
gas
-188
-42
—
Butane
4
gas
-138
-0.5
—
Pentane
5
liquid
-130
36
0.62
Hexane
6
liquid
-95
69
0.66
Heptane
7
liquid
-91
98
0.68
Octane
8
liquid
-57
126
0.70
Table 2: Boiling Points For Some Alkenes
Number of Carbon Atoms
Alkene
Boiling Point (°C)
2
Ethene
-104
3
propene
-48
4
1-butene
-6
5
1-pentene
30
6
1-hexene
64
7
1-heptene
94
8
1-octene
121
1. a) How does boiling point vary with the number of carbon
atoms?
b) How do the boiling points of alkanes compare with those of
alkenes?
c) What is the relationship between boling point and
intermolecular forces?