| LC control no. | sh 85141973 |
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| Topical heading | Van der Waals forces |
| See also | Intermolecular forces Quasimolecules |
| Found in | Britannica online, Oct. 8, 2020 (Molecular binding: Dutch physicist Johannes D. van der Waals first proposed the force that binds molecular solids. Any two atoms or molecules have a force of attraction (F) that varies according to the inverse seventh power of the distance R between the centres of the atoms or molecules: F = −C/R7, where C is a constant. The force, known as the van der Waals force, declines rapidly with the distance R and is quite weak) |
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