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प्रश्न
Account for the following : Solid PCl5 is ionic in nature.
उत्तर
PCl5 is ionic in solid state because it exists as [PCl4]+ [PCl6]− in which the cation has tetrahedral geometry and the anion has octahedral geometry.
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