What are weak van der Waals forces of attraction?

Van der Waals forces' is a general term used to define the attraction of intermolecular forces between molecules.it 
is the sum of the attractive or repulsive forces between molecules (or between parts of the same molecule) other than those due to covalent bonds, or the electrostatic interaction of ions with one another, with neutral molecules, or with charged molecules.[1] Van der Waals forces are relatively weak compared to covalent bonds

  • 4
What are you looking for?