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Which has a higher boiling point nitrogen dioxide or sulfur dioxide?

April 26, 2017boiling DIOXIDE nitrogen point sulfur

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Which has a higher boiling point nitrogen dioxide or sulfur dioxide?

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Sulfur dioxide because there are more electrons involved (due to the S over N). Because of the higher number of electrons, it has higher dispersion forces (attractive forces). This means that more energy (heat) is required to unstick the molecules into a different state of matter.