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Methanol had the greatest cooling effect, followed by ethanol, propan-1-ol, and butan-1-ol, which had the smallest cooling effect. The greater the cooling effect, the faster the rate of evaporation, as breaking and reforming the intermolecular bonds requires more energy. Methanol has the weakest intermolecular forces while butan-1-ol has the strongest, explaining their differing cooling effects and evaporation rates.

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Lab 15

Methanol had the greatest cooling effect, followed by ethanol, propan-1-ol, and butan-1-ol, which had the smallest cooling effect. The greater the cooling effect, the faster the rate of evaporation, as breaking and reforming the intermolecular bonds requires more energy. Methanol has the weakest intermolecular forces while butan-1-ol has the strongest, explaining their differing cooling effects and evaporation rates.

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Keenan Enrilsen Lab 15: The strength of intermolecular forces 01/07/21

Aim: To compare the cooling effects of methanol, ethanol, propan-1-ol and butan-1-ol and draw conclusions
about the relative strengths of their intermolecular forces.

Equipment and procedure: See page 40 STAWA Lab.

Results/ Observations:

Liquid (10ml) Initial Temperature Final Temperature ∆ Temperature (°C) Type of


(°C) (°C) bonding
Methanol 19 12 7 Polar covalent
molecular
Ethanol 18 12.5 5.5 Polar covalent
molecular
Propan-1-ol 18.5 14 4.5 Polar covalent
molecular
Butan-1-ol 19 18 1 Polar covalent
molecular

Processing of Results and Questions:

1. Rank the alcohols, from greatest to least, in terms of their cooling effect.

Methanol, ethanol, propan-1-ol, butan-1-ol.

2. Explain how the cooling effect relates to the rate of evaporation of the liquid.

The greater the change in temperature, the greater the rate of evaporation, as the bonds are
breaking and reforming.

3. Explain how the cooling effect and rate of evaporation relate to the strength of intermolecular
forces in the liquids. Support your answer with examples from this experiment.

The weaker the intermolecular forces, it means that less energy is required to break these bonds causing it
to evaporate. Methanol is a polar molecule, however, due to its lack of strength of intermolecular bonds, it
evaporates readily. Butan-1-ol is a polar covalent molecule, however it has very strong intermolecular forces
and thus has a higher evaporating point. More energy is required to make it evaporate.

Conclusion:

In conclusion, we were able to work very effectively. We conducted our experiment effectively. Our results
supported other lab results, the chemicals had higher evaporating rates as they went down Methanol,
ethanol, propan-1-ol, butan-1-ol.

Evaluation

Our experiment was conducted efficiently, however one error we came across was that a thermometer was
broken and may have provided us with a wrong initial temperature. Although we swapped it out, it may
have caused the change in temperature to change. Next time, we would have another look at our apparatus.

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