Van der waals radius is used for:

molecular substances in gaseous state only

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molecular substances in liquid state only

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molecular substances in solid state only

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molecular substances in any state

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Solution

The correct option is A molecular substances in gaseous state only
Van der Waals radius is measured in the nonbonding state. It can't be measured in the liquid and solid-state as the atoms are bonded to each other in such state.

Therefore Van der Waals radius is measured only in the gaseous state.

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