Question

During the boiling process, although energy is continuously provided, the temperature of the water is constant. Explain where the energy goes.

Answer 1

During the boiling process, although energy is continuously provided, the temperature of the water is constant. The energy supplied to the water is used up to break the intermolecular forces of attractions present among the molecules.

The water contain strong hydrogen bonds and the initial energy supplied to the water are utilized to break the bonds and after breaking the H-bonds the molecules start movign far apart from each other and then their kinetic motion increases that results increasing the temperature of the water.