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Residual forces are known as :

Option: 1

Balanced forces


Option: 2

Unbalanced forces


Option: 3

Vanderwaal's forces of attraction


Option: 4

None of these


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When a particle is surrounded by other particles the intermolecular forces are balanced, however, particles on the surface are surrounded only on one side and hence forces acting on them are unbalanced, these unbalanced forces are called residual forces.

Therefore, option number (2) is correct.

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