If we increase the intermolecular force of an element to maximum, will it become a metal and have properties if metals?
Metals have strong intermolecular force.
What if we increase the intermolecular force of an element to the maximum so that it will be equal to the intermolecular force of metals.
Will it get properties such as being a good conductor of electricity, High melting and boiling points ?
Dear student,
If we increase the intermolecular force of an element to maximum it will not surely become a metal. Only molten metals when compressed they will become solid metals, if non-metals are compressed they never are able to become a metal.
Eg- liquid water is when compressed it will become solid ice, ice is not a metal.
Some non-metals also have high intermolecular forces like sulfur, diamond, etc. This is wrong that only metals have high intermolecular forces of attraction. Metals like mercury at room temperature have less intermolecular forces of attraction than diamond.
Hence, it will not show the properties of metals.
Regards
If we increase the intermolecular force of an element to maximum it will not surely become a metal. Only molten metals when compressed they will become solid metals, if non-metals are compressed they never are able to become a metal.
Eg- liquid water is when compressed it will become solid ice, ice is not a metal.
Some non-metals also have high intermolecular forces like sulfur, diamond, etc. This is wrong that only metals have high intermolecular forces of attraction. Metals like mercury at room temperature have less intermolecular forces of attraction than diamond.
Hence, it will not show the properties of metals.
Regards