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van der Waals attraction or repulsion?
Loudon mentions two van der Waals forces in Chapter 2, an attractive force and a repulsive force. This is confusing because, other than the fact that both forces have something to do with electrons, they are not related.The attractive van… Continue reading
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Tagged Pauli repulsion, steric hindrance, steric repulsion, van der Waals forces
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