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Homework Statement
There are two compounds, butane and pentane. one is a liquid at at room temp and the other is gas. which is a liquid and why?
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The Attempt at a Solution
I'm guessing that its pentane. For a gas to liquify, it should have a have a higher melting point, meaning that it has a higher freeing point. They both only have london dispersion forces but pentane has a greater mass so it should have a higher melting point.