PPT Slide
- When an ionís charge distorts a nearby electron cloud, an ion-induced dipole force results.
- This force arises between the Fe 2+ ion in hemoglobin and the electron cloud of an incoming O 2 molecule in the bloodstream.
- When the partial charges of a polar molecule distort a nearby electron cloud, a dipole-induced dipole force results.
- Some attractive force must act between nonpolar molecules and atoms when they condense or they would always remain gaseous.
- The intermolecular force mainly responsible for the condensed states of nonpolar substances is the dispersion or London force.
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