What are dipole induced dipole forces?
1 Answer
It is the attractive force induced on a molecule by the presence of a polar molecule.
Explanation:
When a polar molecule is present, near a non-polar (not necessarily) molecule, the partial charges on the polar molecule causes a distortion of the electron cloud of the other molecule.
As a result of this distortion of its electron cloud, the second molecule acquires regions of partial positive and partial negative charges, causing it to become polar.
The partial charges that are formed behave just like those of a permanently polar molecule and interact well with their equivalents in the polar molecule that originally induced them.
Hence, the two molecules bind together. This interaction also adds to the intermolecular forces in the molecule and affect its reactions/properties.
