Relative strength of Intermolecular Forces:
- Intermolecular forces (dispersion forces,
dipole-dipole interactions and hydrogen bonds) are much
weaker than intramolecular forces (covalent bonds, ionic
bonds or metallic bonds)
- dispersion forces are the weakest
intermolecular force (one hundredth-one thousandth the
strength of a covalent bond), hydrogen bonds are the
strongest intermolecular force (about one-tenth the strength
of a covalent bond).
- dispersion forces < dipole-dipole
interactions < hydrogen bonds
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