Learning outcomes - after studying this topic, you should be able to:

• identify different types of intermolecular forces
• determine which forces are present in different molecules
• assess which forces are more important
• analyse the effect of intermolecular forces on boiling points

• Sections 6.7 and 6.8 (in Blackman, Bottle, Schmid, Mocerino and Wille, Chemistry, 3^rd Edition, 2015 (John Wiley) )

• Intermolecular forces (in ChemWiki)

Intermolecular forces Contributed by Adam Bridgeman

Electronegativity and polar molecules Tags: electronegativity | polar molecules | intermolecular forces Contributed by Adam Bridgeman