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Direct linkTruhlar, Donald G. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2019
Dispersion forces are ubiquitous in chemistry, yet they are often misunderstood. This article provides background into why they are called dispersion forces and explains how to describe them in terms of time-independent quantum mechanics. The article also describes the breakdown of the multipole series that is often used to describe dispersion…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Quantum Mechanics, Molecular Structure
