Alcohol (ethanol) has a higher specific heat index than water. based on this information only, what can you conclude? a. the surface tension of alcohol is greater than the surface tension of water. b. the temperature of alcohol increases more slowly than water when they are equally heated. c. alcohol has a higher boiling point than water. d. alcohol will expand more than water when frozen.

What best explains whether bromine (br) or neon (ne) is more likely to form a covalent bond? bromine forms covalent bonds because it has seven valence electrons, but neon has eight valence electrons and already fulfills the octet rule. bromine forms covalent bonds because it has many electron shells, but neon has only two electron shells and is tightly bound to its electrons. neon forms covalent bonds because it can share its valence electrons, but bromine has seven valence electrons and can gain only one more electron. neon forms covalent bonds because it has only two electron shells, but bromine has many electron shells and will lose electrons in order to fulfill the octet rule.