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The attractive intermolecular forces between the molecules are responsible for the formation of a liquid and a solid of a nonionic, nonpolar substance. 

Van der Waals forces The intermolecular forces between nonpolar molecules in the liquid and solid state. 

Melting points and boiling points are related to the strength of the intermolecular forces between solvent molecules, and to the molecular weight of the solvent. Dispersive forces, hydrogen bonding and permanent dipole moments all contribute. Typically, for molecules of similar mass, nonpolar compounds which... 

In general, the absorption of smaller molecules such as water acts to decrease the intermolecular forces between chains. Absorption is an attraction property in which likes attract. Thus nonpolar polymers such as PS, poly-... 

Alkanes have similar chemical properties, hut their physical properties vary with molecular weight and the shape of the molecule. The low polarity of all the bonds in alkanes means that the only intermolecular forces between molecules of alkanes are the weak dipole-dipole forces (see 2.5.1), which are easily overcome. As a result, compared with other functional groups, alkanes have low melting and boihng points, and low solubility in polar solvents, e.g. water, but high solubility in nonpolar solvents, e.g. hexane and dichloromethane. Most cycloalkanes also have low polarity. 

Because unbranched alkanes are neutral, nonpolar molecules, it is difficult to explain the existing intermolecular force between such alkanes that increases as the alkane molecules become larger. We will see that this attractive force is weak and tenuous. These molecules do not become overly friendly with each other. In theory, as atoms within one alkane molecule approach the atoms of another alkane molecule, the electrons around these atoms, for an instant, arrange themselves asymmetrically around the atoms so that instant dipoles are formed—the positive side of one atom attracts the negative side of another atom. This weak intermolecular attractive force is called a London Force. When there is a weak intermolecular attractive force between polar molecules, the force is called a dipole-dipole force. Together, London forces and dipole-dipole forces are called Van der Waals forces. 

The correct answer is (E). These are nonpolar diatomic molecules. The only intermolecular force between them is London dispersion force. The largest molecule, I2, will have the greatest forces, followed by Br2 and I2. 

Gases have little intermolecular forces between Oieir molecules. The molecules of polymers are very large, and intermolecular forces, even in nonpolar polymers, are considerable. We do not expect polymers to be gases underlie conditions given. 

For example, compare the boiling point of butane with those of the other compounds in Table 2. Butane is a gas at room temperature. Because of the symmetrical arrangement of the atoms, butane is nonpolar. Because the intermolecular forces between butane molecules are weak, butane has very low boiling and melting points and a lower density than the other four-carbon molecules. 

Dispersion forces are weak intermolecular forces between temporary dipoles of nonpolar molecules. 

The electric field of a dipole can induce the formation of a dipole in a second molecule, generating net attraction between dipolar and nonpolar molecules. Such forces are, however, weak, and important only at very short intermolecular distances. The energy of this interaction decreases with distance according to 1/r. ... 

Answer (a) Br2 is a nonpolar molecule and therefore should be more soluble in CgHg, which is also nonpolar, than in water. The only intermolecular forces between Br2 and CgHg are dispersion forces. 

There are different types of intermolecular forces. Between nonpolar molecules, the force is weak and is called a dispersion force, or induced dipole. The force between oppositely charged ends of two polar molecules is called a dipole-dipole force. The more polar the molecule, the stronger the dipole-dipole force. The third force, a hydrogen bond, is especially strong. It forms between the hydrogen end of one dipole and a fluorine, oxygen, or nitrogen atom on another dipole. 

London forces Weak intermolecular forces between nonpolar molecules due to a correlation of electrons... 

CF4 and CI4 are both nonpolar molecules. But if we were to consider the intermolecular forces between two CI4 molecules, which contain polarizable iodine atoms, we would And that the dispersion forces are much larger than between two CF4 molecules, which contains fluorine atoms that are not very polarizable. 

Physical adsorption contributes to all adhesive bonds and so is the most widely applicable theory of adhesion. The basis for adsorption is that van der Waals forces, which occur between all atoms and molecules when they are close together, exist across interfaces. These are the weakest of all intermolecular forces, but their strengths are more than adequate to account for the strengths of adhesive joints, van der Waals forces are of three types, namely the forces of attraction between molecules with permanent dipoles, those between a permanent dipole and a nonpolar molecule, and those between nonpolar molecules. The nature of these forces is outlined below, and more detail is given by Atkins and de Paula [42]. 

The simplicity of idealized electrostatic solvation models has led to the use of dielectric constant (e) and of the permanent dipole moment (p) as parameters of the so-called solvent polarity. However, the dielectric constant describes only the change in the electric field intensity that occurs between the plates of a condenser, when the latter is removed from vacuum and placed into a solvent. This induces a dipole moment in nonpolar solvent molecules and dipolar molecules are aligned. Hence, the dielectric constant describes only the ability of a solvent to separate electrical charges and orient its dipolar molecules. The intermolecular forces between solute and solvent molecules are, however, much more complicated in addition to the non-specific coulombic, directional, inductive and dispersion interactions, can also be present specific hydrogen bond, electron-pair donor (EPD)/electron-pair acceptor (EPA), and solvophobic interactions in solutions. 

Like dissolves like is a rough but useful rule for predicting solubility. The "like referred to is the type of bonding—polar or nonpolar—and the intermolecular forces between the solute and solvent molecules. 

Van der Waals Forces np [Johannes D. van der Waals 1923 Dutch physicist] (1926) (secondary valence force, intermolecular force) An attractive force, much weaker than primary covalence bonds, between molecules of a substance in which all the primary valences are saturated. They are believed to arise mainly from the dispersion effect, in which temporary dipoles induce other dipoles in phase with themselves. The primary van der Waals forces are dipole-dipole (polar molecules) and London forces (nonpolar molecules). These forces are attributed to the attractions between molecules and from noncovalent bonds (Goldberg, D. E., Fundamentals of Chemistry, McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/ Math, New York, 2003). 

The conformation of polymer molecules in solution is affected by intermolecular forces between polymer molecules and solvent molecules and between solvent molecules and other solvent molecules. Polar polymer molecules will tend to form tight balls in nonpolar solvents, but can attract solvent molecules and can swell in polar solvents. A nonpolar polymer molecule will attract polar solvent molecules less strongly than the polar solvent molecules attract each other and will tend to form a tight ball in a polar solvent such as water. Similarly, nonpolar polymers can swell in nonpolar solvents (try placing a rubber object in benzene or toluene). 

Induced dipole/induced dipole forces are the only intermolecular attractive forces available to nonpolar molecules such as alkanes In addition to these forces polar molecules engage m dipole-dipole and dipole/mduced dipole attractions The dipole-dipole attractive force is easiest to visualize and is illustrated m Figure 4 3 Two molecules of a polar substance experience a mutual attraction between the positively polarized region of one molecule and the negatively polarized region of the other As its name implies the dipole/induced dipole force combines features of both the induced dipole/mduced dipole and dipole-dipole attractive forces A polar region of one mole cule alters the electron distribution m a nonpolar region of another m a direction that produces an attractive force between them... 

Induced-dipole/induced-dipole attractions are ver-y weak forces individually, but a typical organic substance can par ticipate in so many of them that they are collectively the most impor tant of all the contributor s to intermolecular- attraction in the liquid state. They are the only forces of attraction possible between nonpolar- molecules such as alkanes. 

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