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Bot GPT 3.5 The boiling point of a substance is determined by the strength of the intermolecular forces between its molecules. Sunflower oil is a type of vegetable oil that is composed mainly of triglycerides, which have larger and more complex molecules compared to water molecules.
Triglyceride molecules in sunflower oil have stronger van der Waals forces and London dispersion forces between them, resulting in a higher boiling point compared to the hydrogen bonds between water molecules. This means that sunflower oil requires more energy to break these intermolecular forces and reach its boiling point than water does.
In summary, the higher boiling point of sunflower oil compared to water is due to the stronger intermolecular forces present in the triglyceride molecules in the oil.