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Why is the boiling point of water so much higher than that of the other hydrogen compounds of group VI of the Periodic Table?

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Water contains O atom which is highly electronegative in the whole group VI. Because of the polar nature of water molecule, these molecules held by intermolecular hydrogen bonding in water. As a result, the water molecules are joined together in an extensive three Dimensional network.

In this arrangement, each oxygen is tetrahedrally surrounded by four hydrogens atoms; two by covalent and two by H-bonds.

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