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The physical forces of attraction and repulsion existing between molecules and which are responsible for the cohesion of molecular crystals and liquids. The forces stem partly from dipole-dipole, or dipole-induced-dipole interactions; however, even nonpolar molecules and atoms exert a certain attraction on one another. Van der Waals forces act only over relatively short distances, and are proportional to the inverse of the seventh power of the intermolecular distances.
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| van der Waals forces |
arise from the electrical attraction between nonuniform charge distributions in atoms and molecules. They enable atoms and molecules to form solids without sharing or transferring electrons.
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after JD van der Waals, 1873): atomic and molecular attraction forces arising from dipole effects (between permanent dipoles), induction effects (between permanent and induced dipoles) and dispersion effects (between induced dipoles); see also Israelachvili (1991): Chap. 11 - van der Waals Forces between Surfaces.
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The forces of attraction between molecules.
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