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Grade 12th passPhysical Chemistry

how to know whether intermolecular forces between elements of any compound are strong or weak?

Profile image of rutuja bhamare
10 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of shivansh mishra
10 Years ago
hi rutuja!!
listen,
first thing to remember is that the weakest forces exist between non-reactive elements. these are called london forces..
other forces like dipole-dipole, dipole-induced and ion-dipole are genrally inversely proportional to very high powers of the intermolecular distance.
so, next time you see a molecule just watch out for the intermolecular distance and it would be clear then