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Why is the van der Waals constant b of NH3 less than that of N2?
According to the actual data, van der Waals constant $b$ of $\ce{NH3}$ gas is $\pu{0.0371 L mol-1}$ and that of of $\ce{N2}$ gas is $\pu{0.0387 L mol-1}$.
But it should be,
$$b_{\ce{NH3}}>b_{\ce{...
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How are London Dispersion Forces generated?
While talking about the gaseous state of matter we came to the topic of London Dispersion Forces caused by the generation of a dipole in one atom which induces a dipole in another. While talking about ...
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Van der Waals forces [duplicate]
What exactly are Van der Waals forces? How do they arise and how can an instantaneous dipole cause another dipole? Shouldn't this make a chain reaction that causes all matter to eventually become ...
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