What is the size of water compared to ethanol?

1 Answer
Sep 25, 2017

Water and ethanol are molecules.........

Explanation:

Water and ethanol are molecules.........i.e. discrete collections of atoms that are chemically bound together. We might surmise that an ethanol molecule, H_3C-CH_2OH is indeed bigger than an H_2O molecule, and we would be right.

Both are protic solvents that are marked by a substantial degree of hydrogen bonding.