Explain the following observation:

Explain the following observation:

The melting and boiling points of alkanoic acids increases with increase in the number of carbon atoms in the molecules.

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Intermolecular forces of attraction increases down the group with increase in molecular mass as the length of the carbon chain increases.

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maurice.mutuku answered the question on August 19, 2019 at 08:07

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