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  2. Methane - Wikipedia

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    Methane (US: / ˈ m ɛ θ eɪ n / METH-ayn, UK: / ˈ m iː θ eɪ n / MEE-thayn) is a chemical compound with the chemical formula CH 4 (one carbon atom bonded to four hydrogen atoms). It is a group-14 hydride, the simplest alkane, and the main constituent of natural gas.

  3. London dispersion force - Wikipedia

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    London dispersion forces (LDF, also known as dispersion forces, London forces, instantaneous dipole–induced dipole forces, fluctuating induced dipole bonds [1] or loosely as van der Waals forces) are a type of intermolecular force acting between atoms and molecules that are normally electrically symmetric; that is, the electrons are ...

  4. Molecular solid - Wikipedia

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    (c) A dipole-dipole interaction between acetone molecules flipped in direction, but adjacent to each other in the same plane. (d) Demonstration of how quadrupole-quadrupole interactions are involved in the crystal lattice structure. For acetone dipole-dipole interactions are a major driving force behind the structure of its crystal lattice.

  5. Intermolecular force - Wikipedia

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    Ion–dipole and ion–induced dipole forces are stronger than dipoledipole interactions because the charge of any ion is much greater than the charge of a dipole moment. Ion–dipole bonding is stronger than hydrogen bonding. [8] An ion–dipole force consists of an ion and a polar molecule interacting.

  6. Chemical bond - Wikipedia

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    Keesom forces are the forces between the permanent dipoles of two polar molecules. [23]: 701 London dispersion forces are the forces between induced dipoles of different molecules. [23]: 703 There can also be an interaction between a permanent dipole in one molecule and an induced dipole in another molecule. [23]: 702

  7. Chemical polarity - Wikipedia

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    Molecules containing polar bonds have no molecular polarity if the bond dipoles cancel each other out by symmetry. Polar molecules interact through dipole-dipole intermolecular forces and hydrogen bonds. Polarity underlies a number of physical properties including surface tension, solubility, and melting and boiling points.

  8. Dipolar compound - Wikipedia

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    In organic chemistry, a dipolar compound or simply dipole is an electrically neutral molecule carrying a positive and a negative charge in at least one canonical description. In most dipolar compounds the charges are delocalized . [ 1 ]

  9. Group 14 hydride - Wikipedia

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    This series has the chemical formula X 2 H 6.Ethane is commonly found alongside methane in natural gas.The other hydrides of the chemical formula X 2 H 6 are less stable than the corresponding tetrahydrides XH 4, and they are more and more less stable as X goes from carbon (ethane C 2 H 6 is stable) down to lead (or flerovium) in the periodic table (diplumbane Pb 2 H 6 is unknown [1]).