Why are ion-dipole attractions stronger than dipole-dipole attractions?

See the ion is a proper charged particle, but dipole is a neutral olecule  which is having polarity in it . the dipole is having temporary charge where as the ion is having a permanent charge.

Now lets see the cases

dipole-dipole attractions and ion-dipole attractions

Case 1  :-   Ion – dipole attraction

Here a permanent ion is attracting a dipole and there are strong electrostatic forces of attraction.

Case 2 :- Dipole-dipole attraction

In this case the attraction is not as strong as in above case, because the force in dipole-dipole attraction is less strong.

Published by Ankush Sharma

I am M.Sc (chemistry ) from Punjabi University Patiala. I am a science teacher with expertise in chemistry, with 8 years of experience in teaching. Writing and blogging is my hobby, I write whenever I am free. I am constantly working on creating a new and easy way of learning the tough things in an effective way. I am constantly working to make authentic and reliable information to be shared with my students and widen the horizons of knowledge.

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