Development of the Modern Freezer. Bacteria are usually the cause of food decay, but they can't grow as well or at all in freezing temperatures, which are at 32 degrees Fahrenheit (0 degrees Celsius) or lower.
HF- polar molecule: dipole-dipole forces. There are also dispersion forces and H bond between HF. BF3- nonpolar: dispersion forces. Ar- Dispersion forces between Ar atoms.
As a result, the strongest type of intermolecular interaction between molecules of these substances is the London dispersion force . Due to the fact that the polar bonds do not cancel in the remaining molecules, they exhibit dipole - dipole interactions: these are stronger than London dispersion forces. However, #HF# exhibits hydrogen bonding - a stronger force still that is similar to the dipole - dipole interaction - whilst #CHF_3# does not. Thus, strength of intermolecular forces between molecules of each of these substances can be expressed, in terms of strength, as: #CF_4 = OF_2 < CHF_3 < HF#.