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If we start heating a substance, does it melt when we break its intermolecular bonds? [closed]
I was reading the 2 following posts:
Do substances melt when we break their intermolecular bonds?
Is melting/boiling point of ionically bonded substance higher than of covalently bound?
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Why is the melting point of PCl3 less than that of PCl5?
From just the IB chemistry bonding chapter information, you would normally deduce that $\ce{PCl3}$ and $\ce{PCl5}$ are both covalent molecules.
However, as $\ce{PCl3}$ has a dipole moment, it has ...
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Intermolecular Forces in Teflon vs Polyethylene
From Wikipedia, polyethylene has a melting point of around $400K$, while Teflon (polytetrafluoroethylene) has a melting point of $600 K$, which is much higher. Besides the increased London Dispersion ...
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