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Why Water H2O is liquid while hydrogen sulfide is gas even both Oxygen and sulphur belong to same group?

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 Recall that it is the molecular weight and extent of intermolecular forces which determine physical states( solid, liquid and gas) of substances.  Order of Intermolecular forces strength in substances is : Solids>liquid>gases When we look at molecular weight , it seems water would be in gaseous state and hydrogen sulfide be in liquid state. But here in case of water , water has hydrogen bonding . Hydrogen bonding is limited to  three highly electronegative atoms ( F, O and N). In water H2O, Hydrogen is attached to 2nd highest electronegative atom i.e O of periodic table.Hence water is having relatively strong intermolecular forces in form of hydrogen bonding. On other hand Hydrogen sulphide is having simple dipole-dipole interaction. Order of intermolecular forces in strength is  Hydrogen Bonding> dipole-dipole forces> London forces  Hydrogen bonding among water H2O molecules On other hand Hydrogen sulphide is having simple dipole-dipole interactio...

Why Hydrochloric acid (HCl) is stronger acid than hydroflouric acid (HF) ?

  Here first of all recall the definition of an acid.According to Arrhenius concept, Acid is a species which can produce protons (H +)  in its aqueous solution. Now its easy to understand that which species gives more protons will be more strong acid. Hydrogen flouride (HF) is having strong hydrogen bonding , as fluorine is highly electronegative atom and offers strong  Hydrogen bonding. Due to this hydrogen bonding , hydrogen is tightly trapped between two highly electronegative F atoms. Such entrapped H + are difficult to be free. On the other hand HCl molecule is having dipole- dipole intermolecular force which is weaker than hydrogen bonding so H + entrapped between two Cl atoms are easy to get free. Hence these are the type of intermolecular forces - hydrogen bonding in HF and simple dipole -dipole forces in HCl - which are making HCl stronger acid than HF.