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How can you tell which substance has the strongest intermolecular forces within a group?
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What are the strongest intermolecular forces found in the noble gases?
Intermolecular forces are strongest in the solid phase. This is because the atoms/molecules are at the closet possible distance without repulsion occurring; the van der Waals contact distance.
How does the type of solute or solvent affect solubility?
Intramolecular H-bonding is hydrogen bonding that happens within one molecule. Hydrogen bonding is a very polar bond between a hydrogen atom and a highly electronegative atom, such as N, O, or F. If the solute is placed in a polar solvent, it will be very soluble, because it itself is polar. If the solute is placed in a nonpolar solvent it will not be very soluble.
Is covalent bonds a type of intermolecular force?
No. A covalent bond acts solely within a molecule.An intermolecular force acts between two or more separate molecules
Is solubility quantitative or qualitative?
== == They are all physical properties - they are measures of physical changes.The key property of a physical change is that no intramolecular bonds are made or broken. Intra- meaning within, refers to intramolecular forces that hold a molecule to itself. So for example, a single molecule of the salt, sodium chloride (NaCl) is held together by intramolecular bonds. A grain of salt, for example, is comprised of many molecules of NaCl. When you boil, melt or freeze many molecules of NaCl, you are only changing how each molecule interacts with one another; you are not changing the molecular composition. These interactions depend on intermolecular bonds/forces.Physical change affects only the intermolecular forces, also called Van Der Waals forces, between atoms and molecules (inter- meaning between)."Intermolecular Forces are electrostatic forces of attraction that exist between an area of negative charge on one molecule and an area of positive charge on a second molecule." From strongest to weakest, these are: hydrogen bonding > dipole interactions> London Dispersion Forces.
How does the forces between water molecules in an ice cube when the ice cube melts?
Ice is held together my different types of intermolecular bonds. These include dispersion forces, dipole-dipole forces, dipole-induced dipole forces, and hydrogen bonds (a special type of dipole-dipole forces). When ice melts, some of these bonds are broken. The most significant bond that is broken is the hydrogen bond, which is strong for an intermolecular bond. Overall, the forces between water molecules in ice are weakened when the ice melts.
What are the type of intermolecular forces within pentanol?
van der waals
What are the strongest intermolecular forces found in the noble gases?
Intermolecular forces are strongest in the solid phase. This is because the atoms/molecules are at the closet possible distance without repulsion occurring; the van der Waals contact distance.
Is the bonds that cause gaseous Cl2 to become liquid when cool intramolecular or intermolecular?
Intermolecular because intermolecular forces occur between molecules, not within the same molecule. Specifically the forces are London dispersion forces, due to the interaction of instantaneous dipoles.
How do the intermolecular forces within a solid differ from that of a gas or liquid How does this explane a solid behavior?
Not exactly sure what you're asking but I'll give it a shot. Intermolecular forces do not change when a substance undergoes a phase change, such as when something goes from a solid to a liquid. The same intermolecular forces that existed when something was a solid still exist when it changes to a liquid, and vice versa. Its just that with the addition of an external factor (most commonly an increase in temperature) a substance is able to overcome the attractive forces in the solid and break apart into a liquid or when a liquid turns into a gas. For when something freezes or condenses the opposite happens, an external factor (most commonly a decrease in temperature) causes a given substance to be attracted to itself more strongly and then the substances comes together as either a liquid or a solid. In summary: The forces do not change. Just how much the forces effect the overall substance changes.
How are intermolecular forces different from forces that bind atoms together into molecules?
1. Intermolecular forces are the forces between molecules, while chemical bonds are the forces within molecules. 2. Chemical bonds combine atoms into molecules, thus forming chemical substances, while intermolecular forces bind molecules together. 3. Chemical bonding involves the sharing or transferring of electrons, while intermolecular forces do not change the electron stucture of atoms. 4. Intermolecular forces hold objects together, while chemical bonds hold molecules together.
The magnetic field is strongest around the what?
A magnet is formed when all of the domains within a substance are what
Which type of force is stronger intramolecular or intermolecular force?
Intermolecular forces are the forces between molecules which hold two or more of them together; intramolecular forces happen inside of the molecule, & are the forces holding the atoms together witch form the molecule.
Why are covalent bonds typically much stronger than intermolecular forces?
Well, a crystal is solid. If you mean, are ionic bonds stronger than covalent bonds, then the answer would be almost always. With a few exceptions, the ionic bond has a greater intermolecular force than a covalent bond. One exception might be a diamond and a weak ionic compound like RbBr.
What intermolecular force acts within a metal wire?
The forces which hold a metal together are called metallic bonds. They consist of delocalised electrons which bind all the atoms together.
Which of these two forces becomes strongest in the end?
The strong nuclear force is the strongest of the four fundamental forces at very short distances within the atomic nucleus. Ultimately, gravity is the weakest force but becomes dominant on cosmic scales such as in the interaction of galaxies and the expansion of the universe.
What is the difference between an intermolecular and an intramolecular bond?
intERmolecular means between molecules IntRAmolecular means within A molecule.
When a molecular solid mixes with water do the covalent bonds within molecules break?
No, dissolving does not break covalent bonds. The molecules separate because intermolecular forces such as dipole-dipole attractions are disrupted.
