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← ScienceWhich outcome occurs when the Lennard-Jones potential between nonpolar molecules is minimized?
A)London dispersion attraction becomes dominant✓
B)Increased interatomic kinetic energy emerges
C)Electrical resistance of gas increases
D)Stable metallic bonding interactions form
💡 Explanation
When the Lennard-Jones potential is minimized, mutual interatomic attraction occurs because London dispersion forces' attractive term offsets Pauli repulsion. Therefore, optimized molecular separation (van der Waals radius) occurs rather than kinetic excitation, or resistance changes from mean free path.
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