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10.2 Exercise 4

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You may have heard someone use the figure of speech “slower than molasses in winter” to describe a process that occurs slowly. Explain why this is an apt idiom, using concepts of molecular size and shape, molecular interactions, and the effect of changing temperature.

OpenStax Chemistry 2e, 10.2 Properties of Liquids, exercise 4

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