Chemistry, asked by vipinamishra, 10 months ago

GLYCEROL IS MORE VISCOUS THAN ALCOHOL WHY???

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Answered by architsheetal2005

Answer:Glycerol is more viscous than alcohol because of the expensive hydrogen bonding in glycerol.Alcohol also exhibit hydrogen bonding but glycerol contains three on per molecule and alcohol has only are OH group that can exhibit H−bonding.

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Answered by ridhimagulati916

Ethanol has 1 hydroxyl group, ethylene glycol has 2 hydroxyl groups and glycerol has 3 hydroxyl groups. Hydroxyl groups are involved in hydrogen bonding that connects different molecules together. ... Therefore, glycerol has even higher viscosity.

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