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Thursday, September 24, 2020

Why falling liquid drops are spherical?

This is due to property of surface tension possessed by the liquids.This makes the surface area minimum. For a given volume, sphere has minimum surface area.

Why diethyl ether has higher vapour pressure than ethyl alcohol at a particular temperature?

This is because the intermolecular forces of attraction in ethyl alcohol are stronger than those present in diethyl ether.