Why Glycerine Is more Viscous than Water?

The more viscous nature of glycerine than water can be explained on the basis of its chemical structure.

Glycerine: In glycerine, there are three -OH groups so they can extensively form many more intermolecular H- bonds. More the presence of -OH group more will be the viscosity.

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Fig: Structure of glycerol

Water: Due to the presence of less -OH group the viscosity of water is low.

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Fig: Structure of Water Molecule.

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