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Intermolecular forces in solids and liquids act up to a distance of the order of what?
AFew nanometre
BFew millimetre
CFew centimetre
DFew metre
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Few nanometre
They are short range forces, effective only to about 10^-9 m.
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