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Dispersion Forces
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A dispersion force is a weak, temporary attraction from momentary, fluctuating electron distributions that induce a matching dipole in a neighbor.
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Fluorine and chlorine stay gases at room temperature, but bromine is liquid and iodine solid, as dispersion forces strengthen with size.
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Dispersion forces exist between every pair of atoms or molecules — the one IMF no condensed phase ever lacks.