JEE Main Chemistry question

It is easier to liquefy oxygen than hydrogen because:

(A)Oxygen has a higher critical temperature and lower inversion temperature than hydrogen
(B)Oxygen has a lower critical temperature and higher inversion temperature than hydrogen
(C)Oxygen has a higher critical temperature and a higher inversion temperature than hydrogenCorrect
(D)The critical temperature and inversion temperature of oxygen is very low

Answer: (C)

Solution

Both a high critical temperature (liquefiable by pressure alone at higher temperatures) and a high inversion temperature (shows a cooling Joule-Thomson effect over

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