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Intermolecular Forces | |||
Classifying intermolecular forces (part 3).In summary, the types of forces which can arise in combinations of charged, neutral, polar, and non-polar molecules are:
For a given pair of molecules there may be several types of intermolecular force at work. Dispersion forces act between all molecules. If a pair of molecules are polar, then the dipole-dipole forces will add onto the dispersion forces between the molecules. The following pages describe each of these types of intermolecular force in more detail and give examples of situations where each type of force is important.
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