The following boiling points for noble gases.A) Name a type of forces that exist between the atoms? B) Suggest a reason for the icrease in boiling point?

Boiling point in celsius, Helium -269, Neon -246, Argon -186, Krypton -152, Xenon -108

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anor277
Nov 10, 2017

We address so-called #"dispersion forces...."#

Explanation:

And #"dispersion"# or #"London forces"# result from transient polarization of the electron cloud of the atom or molecule. And the bigger the atom or the molecule the LARGER the electron cloud, and thus the greater the potential for dispersion forces.

And here the quoted boiling points INCREASE with INCREASING atomic number, which of course is the number of electrons in the neutral species.....

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