Induced Dipole/ Induced Dipole

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Are the induce/induced intermolecular forces just another term for Van Der Waals forces or is there a distinction?

[ALegala_2I]

London Dispersion forces are known as induced-dipole–induced-dipole interaction. Interactions that are proportional to 1/r6 are commonly regarded as van der Waals interactions. So London Dispersion forces are a type of van der Waals interaction.

[ngarcia]

Also, note that dispersion forces, induced-dipole-induced dipole forces, London forces, and Van der Waals forces are all the same.

[Shrayes Raman]

They are the same as well as Van der Waals

[Jainam Shah 4I]

They all are identical and simply depend on the electron distribution and how it gets distorted. The more polarizable an atom or molecule is the stronger the IMF's or the induced dipoles.