What is the best reason for carbon dioxide existing as a gas at standard temperature and pressure? A)
Carbon dioxide molecules have the same spin within each of their orbitals.
As a result, the carbon dioxide molecules are less attracted to each other
when compared to the intramolecular bonds.
B)
Coulomb's law shows that the interaction between protons and electrons
within the atoms of each carbon dioxide molecule is significantly stronger
than the proton-electron interaction between each molecule.
C)
The entropy of carbon dioxide is much greater than the entropy of its
surroundings.
D)
Carbon dioxide has too much internal energy that the molecule-molecule
interaction cannot keep the molecules together.