O-H bond in a water molecule is about 20 times larger than that of the hydrogen bonds between water molecules in liquid water. Fractionally, how much lower is the evaporation rate of OH from liquid water as compared to water molecules? Please provide an estimate.
Solution:
The ration of evaporation rate between H:OH is 1:1*E5 the huge difference is due to the dissociation energy of OH is large while hydrogen is nearly negligible, the details of disscociation of water is enclosed below.
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