Intermolecular forces

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Intermolecular forces: audio tutorial

How can there be attractions between uncharged and non-polar molecules?

Jenny Wells asks you to picture the flickering dipoles that give rise to weak van der Waals forces.
 
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Steph
the information is more esaily understood but how do you apply the information to a exam question
06 January 2008

updated: 06 April 2006