The energy of the van der Waals bond, which is responsible for a number of the characteristics of water, is about 0.50 eV.
(a) At what temperature would the average translational kinetic energy of water molecules be equal to TWICE this energy?
(b) At that temperature, would water be liquid or gas?
(c) Under ordinary everyday conditions, do van der Waals forces play a role in the behavior of water?
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