London Forces in a body that's conducting electricity

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The discussion centers on the relationship between London Dispersion Forces and the conduction of electricity in materials. It is established that an increase in valence electrons enhances London Dispersion Forces, leading to higher melting and boiling points. However, the presence of an electric current, which reduces the number of valence electrons available for intermolecular interactions, may weaken these forces. Consequently, this could result in lower melting and boiling points for conductive materials.

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We know that the more electrons there are in the valence shell of an atom, the stronger the London Dispersion Forces are, and therefore, the compound will have a higher melting and boiling points.

But now suppose electricity is being conducted through the object. Because it will have a smaller number of valence electrons (those are the charged particles that flow, creating electric current), would it be safe to assume that the London Forces would get weaker, and therefore, the overall sum of intermolecular forces would be less than the original, resulting in lower melting and boiling points?

In other words, would it require less energy to break the intermolecular forces on an object that has an current passing through it?Though this up in chemistry class, and posting it in physics forum
Pardon my grammar, just woke up

EDIT: on the second thought, maybe I should have moved this to Chemistry forum. Sorry.
 
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