London Dispersion Force - Relative Magnitude

Relative Magnitude

Dispersion forces are usually dominant of the three van der Waals forces (orientation, induction, dispersion) between atoms and molecules, with the exception for molecules that are small and highly polar, like of water. The following contribution of the dispersion to the total intermolecular interaction energy has been given:

Contribution of the dispersion to the total intermolecular interaction energy
Molecule pair % of the total energy of interaction
Ne-Ne 100
CH4-CH4 100
HCl-HCl 86
HBr-HBr 96
HI-HI 99
CH3Cl-CH3Cl 68
NH3-NH3 57
H2O-H2O 24
HCl-HI 96
H2O-CH4 87

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