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London forces

Term · Chemistry · MLC-T-CHM-006758

Weak, short-range attractive forces that arise from temporary fluctuations in the electron distribution of nonpolar molecules, inducing instantaneous dipoles in neighboring molecules. These forces are a component of van der Waals forces and are present between all atoms and molecules. Their strength increases with the polarizability of the interacting species.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CHM-006758
FieldChemistry
SubjectOrganic and Biomolecular Chemistry
Synonymsdispersion forces
ReferencesPAC, 1994, 66, 1077. 'Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)' on page 1136 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199466051077)
See alsoPolarizability; Van der Waals forces
Record as JSON 
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  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "Weak, short-range attractive forces that arise from temporary fluctuations in the electron distribution of nonpolar molecules, inducing instantaneous dipoles in neighboring molecules. These forces are a component of van der Waals forces and are present between all atoms and molecules. Their strength increases with the polarizability of the interacting species.",
  "synonyms": [
    "dispersion forces"
  ],
  "subject": "Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry",
  "see_also": [
    "polarizability",
    "van der Waals forces"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 1994, 66, 1077. 'Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)' on page 1136 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199466051077)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/london-forces/"
}

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