Which outcome occurs when the Lennard-Jones potential between nonpolar molecules is minimized?

💡 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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