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Capillary Action the spontaneous rising of a liquid in a narrow tube |
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Dipole-Dipole Force the intermolecular force that is caused when the dipole of polar molecules position their positive and negative ends near each other |
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Electron-Pair Repulsion the repulsive force that occurs between electron pairs, causing them to be positioned as far apart as possible in a molecule |
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Hydrogen Bond the strong dipole-dipole force that occurs when a hydrogen atom bonded to a highly electronegative atom (oxygen, nitrogen, or fluorine) is attracted to a partially negative atom on a nearby molecule |
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Intermolecular Force a force that causes one molecule to interact with another molecule; occurs between molecules |
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Intramolecular Bond the chemical bond within a molecule |
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London Dispersion Forces the intermolecular forces that exist in non-polar molecules; they increase as the molecular mass increases |
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Non-polar Molecule a molecule that has only non-polar bonds, or a bond dipole sum of zero |
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Polar Molecule a molecule that has a net dipole |
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Polarizability the ability of a substance to form a dipolar charge distribution |
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