Elements can be described by various properties, and identified by their boiling and melting points. For example, gold melts at
1,064ºC and boils at 2,856ºC. Does boiling point depend on the mass present? A. No; chemical properties stay the same regardless of mass.
B. No; physical properties stay the same regardless of mass.
C. Yes; physical properties can change when mass increases or decreases.
D. No; qualitative properties like boiling point stay the same regardless of mass.
Melting and boiling point variations are not clear (do not have uniform pattern) in periodic table. But we can see, some elements have higher melting and boiling points and some have less. Here we study melting and boiling points of s, p, d blocks elements. IVAth group elements (C,Si) show high melting and boiling points because they have covalent gigantic lattice structures.
