What are the intermolecular forces between O_2?

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anor277
Jul 18, 2018

Well, what is the boiling point of O_2?

Explanation:

This site reports that the normal boiling point of dioxygen is -183.0 ""^@C. The O=O molecule is CLEARLY non-polar (why clearly?), and the LOW boiling point reflects the LACK of intermolecular forces. The only intermolecular forces that operates are relatively weak dispersion forces...the other homonuclear diatomic molecules, H_2, N_2, F_2 have comparable volatilities.

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