physical property of alkane
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Following are the properties of alkane
1. The alkanes can exist as gases, liquids, or solids at room temperature
2. The unbranched alkanes methane, ethane, propane, and butane are gases; pentane through hexadecane are liquids; the homologues larger than hexadecane are solids. ...
3.Solid alkanes are normally soft, with low melting
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★ PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ALKANES:-
→ Alkanes are almost non-polar molecules because of the covalent nature of C-C and C-H bonds and due to very little difference of electronegativity between carbon and hydrogen atoms.
→ They posses weak van der Waals forces. Due to the weak forces, the first four members, C1 to C4 are gases, C5 to C are liquids and those containing 18 carbon atoms or more are solids at 298 K.
→ They are colourless and odourless. Petrol is mixture of hydrocarbons and is used as a fuel for automobiles.
→ Petrol and lower fractions of petroleum are also used for dry cleaning of clothes to remove grease stains.
→ It is non-polar and, hence hydrophobic in nature. It is generally observed that in relation to solubility of substances in solvents, polar substances are soluble in polar solvents, whereas the non-polar ones in non-polar solvents i.e., like dissolves like.
→ Boiling point of different alkanes are given in table from which it is clear that there is a steady increase in boiling point with increase in molecular mass.
→ This is due to the fact that the intermolecular van der Waals forces increase with increase of molecular size or the surface area of the molecule.