Worksheet 3 Polarity and intermolecular forces PFR

Below the main types of intermolecular forces are pictured. (fig. a-e )

a.

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b.

d. e.

1. What do the symbols δ - and δ + mean?

2. What is a dipole?
a. What causes permanent dipoles?
b. What is an induced dipole?
c. What is a temporary dipole?

3. Identify and explain each of the intermolecular forces pictured above.

4. Imagine you have just eaten a very hot chili pepper. You are feeling some
discomfort and one of your friends suggests that
--"you should drink milk and rinse your mouth”
Another suggests water, but a third says “rinse your mouth vegetable oil.”
Whose advice should you follow to ease your pain the fastest?

Study the molecular structure for water, vegetable oil and the components of milk then look at
capsaicin, the molecule that gives chilis heat.