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Vander Waals forces

Wax is an example of: (a) Ionic crystal  (b) Covalent crystal  (c) Metallic crystal  (d) Molecular crystal

Answer: (d) Iodine crystals are molecular crystals, in which constituent particles are molecules having inter particle forces are Vander Waal’s forces.

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