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Van der Waals' force

residual forces between molecules or atomic groups not arising from covalent or ionic bonds
Class type of: intermolecular force Q189627

Facts

7 properties
Subclass of
intermolecular force
Described by source
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11[6]
Has part(s)
London dispersion force, Keesom force, Debye force[3][4][5]
Image harvest run
pdhero-20261109T032439Z
Image last checked license
CC BY-SA 3.0
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no_pd_license
Named after
Johannes Diderik van der Waals[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en van der Waals' forces en van der Waals' interaction en Van der Waals' force ar قوة فان دير فالس ar قوى فان دير فالس ar Van der Waals force ar رابطة قوى فاندرفال ar رابطة فاندرفال cs Van der Waalsovy síly cs Van der Waalsova síla da Van der Waals-kræfter de Van-der-Waals-Kräfte de Van-der-Waals-Kraft de Van-der-Waals-Brücke de Van der Waalsche Kräfte de Van-der-Waals-Bindung de Van-der-Waals-Abstoßung de Van-der-Waals-Wechselwirkungen de Van-der-Waals-Wechselwirkung de Van-der-Waals-Spannung
🔖 Identifiers · 22
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85141973
GND ID
4187406-7
OpenAlex ID
C126061179
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Gecko Leaftail 1.jpg ↗
BabelNet ID
00079536n
Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books term ID
dt3669
Elhuyar ZTH ID
138512
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/van-der-Waals'-forces
Freebase ID
/m/0j94h
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
forces-de-van-der-waals
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0071685
IUPAC Gold Book ID
V06597
Show all 22 identifiers +10
J9U entity ID
987007531849205171
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
van-der-waals'-forces
Lex ID
van_der_Waals-kræfter
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
126061179
NE.se ID
van-der-waals-krafter
Namuwiki ID
반 데르 발스 힘
PSH ID
3763
ScienceDirect topic ID
chemistry/van-der-waals-force, pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science/van-der-waals-force, earth-and-planetary-sciences/van-der-waals-force
Semanticscience Integrated Ontology ID
010504
Yale LUX ID
concept/8883b7e7-cdb7-4caf-8ecc-e90eeadbe86c

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🔗 Connections
Belongs to 1
intermolecular force
Has part(s) 1
London dispersion force
Named after 1
Johannes Diderik van der Waals
Named after 1
two dimensional semiconductor
Subclass of 1
intermolecular force
Subtypes 1
London dispersion force
← Has characteristic 1
chemisorption
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Summary

Van der Waals' force is a type of intermolecular force[1].

Body

Influence

Things named for Van der Waals' force include two dimensional semiconductor[7].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Van der Waals' force include two dimensional semiconductor[7].

Related Entities

Johannes Diderik van der Waals

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  1. 12w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Semanticscience Integrated Ontology ID → 010504
    "Created claim: Semanticscience Integrated Ontology ID: 010504"
  2. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → Johannes Diderik van der Waals
    Image → Gecko Leaftail 1.jpg
    Has part(s) → London dispersion force, Keesom force, Debye force
    Described by source → Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007531849205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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