Van der Waals force
RESIDUAL ATTRACTIVE OR REPULSIVE FORCES BETWEEN MOLECULES OR ATOMIC GROUPS THAT DO NOT ARISE FROM A COVALENT BOND, OR IONIC BONDS
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In molecular physics, the van der Waals force, named after Dutch physicist Johannes Diderik van der Waals, is a distance-dependent interaction between atoms or molecules. Unlike ionic or covalent bonds, these attractions do not result from a chemical electronic bond; they are comparatively weak and therefore more susceptible to disturbance.