Melting and Boiling Points
Helpful before this lesson
- Not completed: Phase Changes
- Not completed: Temperature and Thermometers
- Not completed: Molecular Structure and Bonding
- Not completed: Heat and Thermal Energy Transfer
These topics can make this lesson easier, but you can start now.
Learning Objectives
- Students will be able to define melting point and boiling point
- Students will be able to explain how intermolecular forces affect melting and boiling points
- Students will be able to predict relative melting/boiling points based on molecular structure
Core Concepts
- melting_point
- boiling_point
- intermolecular_forces
- latent_heat_of_fusion
- latent_heat_of_vaporization
- normal_boiling_point