chart of intermolecular forces including polar, nonpolar, etc

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is this correct according to strength?

ionic>covalent>ion-dipole>hydrogen bond>dipole-dipole>dipole-induced dipole>london dispersion

but then if a molecule is polar and another molecule is nonpolar then for ex. does the polar molecule have a higher bp.

so a polar molecule can be considered as dipole-dipole?
and nonpolar as london dispersion?

is my logic right.

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Yes the polar molecule will have a higher bp. logic seems right. On the MCAT, the importance of H-bond is critical. In the answer choices, the one answer with the most hydrogen bonds should have the highest boiling point.
 
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Yes the polar molecule will have a higher bp. logic seems right. On the MCAT, the importance of H-bond is critical. In the answer choices, the one answer with the most hydrogen bonds should have the highest boiling point.

provided they are all non ionic answer choices ..........
 
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I thought on the mcat that covalent, ionic, and metallic bonds were intramolecular

while hydrogen could be in both

and then intermolecular was dipole-dipole(van der walls) and dispersion (London)
 
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