What are van der waals forces?
a. a permanent dipole that causes hydrogen bonding in nonpolar
molecules
b. they are very strong forces that exist between two different
molecules.
c. they change polar molecules into nonpolar molecules
d. a temporary electron shift causing small dipole attractions
between molecules.

in 1783 cavendish was working with his hydrogen gas and found that when he burned it and condensed the vapor it was water. this was very significant since it disproved the greek theory of elements completely since water was not a simple substance but the product of two gases. it was lavoisier who hearing of the experiment gave cavendish's gas the name hydrogen ("water-producer") and added that hydrogen burned by combining with oxygen and that water was a hydrogen-oxygen combination.

explanation:

the answer to this question is 3.