intermolecular
Across molecular boundaries
Intermolecular describes forces or interactions occurring between separate molecules rather than within a single molecule.
These forces—like hydrogen bonding and van der Waals attractions—determine physical properties such as boiling point and viscosity: Intermolecular forces in water account for its unusually high surface tension.
The term contrasts with intramolecular, which refers to forces within a molecule.
Fluid's flow resistance
- solubilityDissolving potential in liquid
- miscibilityCapacity to form homogeneous mixture
- volatilityRapid, unpredictable changeability
- cohesionTendency to bind together
adhesion · capillarity · wetting · evaporation · condensation · sublimation · liquefaction
Attraction between partial charges
- attractionPull toward something
- repulsionDisgust or pushing-away force
- electrostaticOf stationary electrical charges
- polarityState of opposing forces
Thermodynamic total heat quantity
- entropyQuantified chaos in systems
- thermodynamicsScience of heat-energy relationships
- equilibriumState of balance
- kineticsScience of motion forces
crystallography · spectroscopy · polymers · solvation · hydration · self-assembly · aggregation · micelles
viscosity
Fluid's flow resistance
- solubilityDissolving potential in liquid
- miscibilityCapacity to form homogeneous mixture
- volatilityRapid, unpredictable changeability
cohesion · adhesion · capillarity · wetting · evaporation · condensation · sublimation · liquefaction
dipole-dipole
Attraction between partial charges
- attractionPull toward something
- repulsionDisgust or pushing-away force
- electrostaticOf stationary electrical charges
enthalpy
Thermodynamic total heat quantity
- entropyQuantified chaos in systems
- thermodynamicsScience of heat-energy relationships
- equilibriumState of balance
kinetics · crystallography · spectroscopy · polymers · solvation · hydration · self-assembly · aggregation · micelles · colloids
- chemical bondscovalent bond, covalent bonds, ionic bond, ionic bonds, ionic
molecule, molecular, molecules, interactions, biomolecule, macromolecule, biomolecules, intramolecular, macromolecules