A car engine cools efficiently when water is used as a coolant, but the engine does not cool as efficiently with either pure ethylene glycol (antifreeze) or pure ethyl alcohol. Explain this observation.

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A car engine cools efficiently when water is used as a coolant, but the engine does not cool as efficiently with either pure ethylene glycol (antifreeze) or pure ethyl alcohol. Explain this observation.

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