After an explosion far away, a person working on a farm first senses vibrations in the ground, then hears the explosion. what accounts for the time between the vibrations and the noise?

It would be true sodium reacts with water in a violent way 

Self-ionizes to form an equilibruium system in which [ h_{3} o^{+} ]=[ oh^{-} ]=10^{-7} m

Vander waals forces are inter molecular bonds that exist within molecules of the same substance. a water molecule is made up of oxygen and hydrogen atoms which share electrons between each other. the vander waals forces are forces that exist between multitude of different  molecules of water. dipole dipole forces is the type of vander waals force that exist in water. the oxygen atom which is more electronegative pulls the shared electron closer to itself thus generating a partial negative charge while the hydrogen acquire a partial positive charge. these two different charges causes attraction to occur in water molecules.