London Dispersion Forces

London Dispersion Forces

Definition: An attractive force between atoms or molecules caused by the numerous transient dipoles resulting from electronic superposition.

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First proposed by Fritz London (1930), the London Dispersion Forces are one component of the intermolecular van der Waals forces that govern the interactions between two non-covalently bound atoms or molecules.

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