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Define and explain London dispersion forces

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London Dispersion forces:

London forces also callled as dispersion forces.

London Dispersion forces is a weak intermolecular forces arises from quantum induced instantaneous polarization dipoles in otherwise non-polar molecules.

London dispersion forces are exhibited by non polar molecules because of the correlated movements of the electrons in interaction molecules.They can therefore act between molecules without permanent dipole moments.
They are caused by the motion of electrons because they are bind with temperory attractive forces that results in temperory dipoles.

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