Why does iodine have a higher boiling point than chlorine?

Iodine is a larger molecule, with more electrons, than chlorine. Therefore Iodine has stronger intermolecular forces than chlorine, which require more energy to break. This results in Iodine having a higher boiling point than chlorine.

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