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Topic: Why does Sodium Have a lower melting point than Octasulfur (S8)?  (Read 2899 times)

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Offline bananabandana

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Why does Sodium Have a lower melting point than Octasulfur (S8)?
« on: November 26, 2013, 04:16:22 PM »
I'm confused by this. I thought the metallic bonding in Sodium would be much stronger than the Van Der Waals attraction of S8 moleculues?

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Re: Why does Sodium Have a lower melting point than Octasulfur (S8)?
« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2013, 01:24:00 AM »
 I think sulphur forms polymere chains (ß-sulfur), if it get molted. It is not a matter of van de Waals.
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