Aren't all forces between atoms and molecules electrostatic in origin?
Cheers On 3/21/12 8:27 AM, "Ed Pozharski" <epozh...@umaryland.edu> wrote: > On Wed, 2012-03-21 at 10:16 +0100, Rubén Sánchez Eugenia wrote: >> In Physical Chemistry Van der Waals interacions are defined as all >> type of forces between molecules (or parts of them) excluding covalent >> bonds and electrostatic interactions. So, you are right that the most >> common forces included into Van Der Waals are: interaction between >> permanent dipoles, interaction >> between permanent dipoles and dipoles induced by them, and interaction >> between apolar groups due to their polarizability. > > But the dipole-related interactions are electrostatic! The full quote > is
