compare acidic character of fluoroform and water
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Physical properties
The hydrogen halides are colorless gases at room temperature, producing steamy fumes in moist air.
Hydrogen fluoride has an abnormally high boiling point for a molecule of its size(293 K or 20°C), and can condense under cool conditions. This is due to the fact that hydrogen fluoride can form hydrogen bonds. Because fluorine is the most electronegative of all the elements, the fluorine-hydrogen bond is highly polarized. The hydrogen atom carries a high partial positive charge (δ+); the fluorine is fairly negatively charged (δ-).
In addition, each fluorine atom has 3 lone pairs of electrons. Fluorine's outer electrons are at the n=2 level, and the lone pairs represent small, highly charged regions of space. Hydrogen bonds form between the δ+ hydrogen on one HF molecule and a lone pair on the fluorine of another one.