London vs Van der Waals

[Sofia Cerpa 2E]

hi,

can someone explain these two dispersion forces please? i don't remember going over them much and I'm afraid there's gonna be a question on the final about this and i won't have any idea what it's talking about...

thank you :)

[Marleena]

Hi! London dispersion and van der waals forces are the same thing and can be used interchangeably. These are the weakest bonds and are present in all molecules, polar and nonpolar. If the molecule is nonpolar, it will ONLY contain london dispersion forces and no other intercellular forces:)

[Albert Chen 1G]

London, Dispersion, Van der Waals are all names for the same type of intermolecular force. This is the weakest intermolecular force and is present in between all molecules. Also, for London forces, the bigger the molecules and more electrons, the stronger the london dispersion force.

[Kati Rady-Pentek 1E]

They can be used interchangebly.

[Kelly McFarlane]

London and Van der Waals are actually the same interaction, just different names. They both describe an interaction between non polar molecules.

[Tony Chen 1F]

London, dispersion, van der Waals are all referring to the same thing

[eve444]

hi,

as others have mentioned, they're virtually the same thing. it's just that the names are used interchangeably. generally, LDF/Van der Waals forces are present within all molecules.

[kayleec1004]

London dispersion and Van der Waals forces are the same. They are the weakest bonds and are present in all polar and nonpolar molecules.

[505807269]

IMF forces like London, Dispersion and Van der Waals all refer to the same type of intermolecular force. This is the weakest intermolecular force that exists between all molecules. In addition, when it comes to London forces, the larger the molecules and the more electrons, the stronger the London dispersion force.

[JafarriNocentelli 1G]

They are actually the same thing! Just named interchangeably, but most importantly are the most weakest intermolecular forces of the bunch, and are also present in everything

[205686400]

Hi! Both of these bonds are the same thing; they're just different names. These are the weakest possible bonds to form as they occur everywhere, and are significantly weaker than other bonds such as covalent and ionic.