The average home kettle is set up to switch off automatically when water reaches its boiling point. But would a kettle filled with alcohol, which has a significantly lower boiling point ...

When that beer-type base gets distilled, the ethanol alcohol boils off into vapors first because ethanol has a lower boiling point than water. As the vapors run through the still, they eventually ...

Consider ethanol and ether. Both molecules have the same molecular formula (C 2 H 6 O) yet there is a large difference in boiling points. Ethanol (CH 3 CH 2 OH) is a liquid at room temperature ...

Compared with alkanes, alcohols have significantly higher boiling points. The hydroxyl groups in alcohol molecules are responsible for hydrogen bonding between the alcohol molecules. As greater ...