Van der Waals forces
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The van der Waals forces are all the attractive or repulsive forces between molecules other than those due to covalent bonds, hydrogen bonds, or electrostatic interactions of ions. They include:
- force between two permanent dipoles (Keesom force)
- force between a permanent dipole and a corresponding induced dipole (Debye force)
- force between two instantaneously induced dipoles (London dispersion force).
Links
- An easily accesible introduction to what van der Waals forces are, and how they work.
http://www.chemguide.co.uk/atoms/bonding/vdw.html - For a spectacular example of what van der Waals forces can do
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