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Question
The structures of beryllium chloride in the solid state and vapour phase, are ______.
Options
chain in both
chain and dimer, respectively
linear in both
dimer and linear, respectively
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Solution
The structures of beryllium chloride in the solid state and vapour phase, are chain and dimer, respectively.
Explanation:
BeCl2 in vapour phase exists as dimer (below 1200 K temperature) whereas, in solid-state BeCl2 has chain structure.
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