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Q14NEET 1992 · AIPMTEasy

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Which one of the following is the weakest kind of the bonding in solids?

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Answer: (c)

  1. Ionic, covalent and metallic bonds have binding energies of a few eV per atom.
  2. Van der Waals forces come from weak induced dipole attractions, about 0.01–0.1 eV, much weaker.
  3. So the answer is (c) van der Waals.
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