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Chemistry Everyday for Everyone
Applications and Analogies
London Dispersion Forces and "The Wave"
C. Jayne Wilcox
Department of Chemistry, William Rainey Harper College, Palatine, IL 60067

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October 1998
Vol. 75 No. 10
p. 1301

Abstract
An analogy is presented likening London dispersion forces to "The Wave", a popular ritual performed by fans attending sports events in large stadia. Similarities between people in the stands and electrons in atoms are emphasized.
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*  Citation
Wilcox, C. Jayne. J. Chem. Educ. 1998 75 1301.
*  Keywords
introductory, high school chem, intermolecular forces, teaching, learning aids, public understanding, appreciation
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