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Question

The structures of beryllium chloride in the solid state and vapour, phase, respectively,are :

A

chain and dimeric

B

chain and chain

C

dimeric and dimeric

D

dimeric and chain

Answer

chain and dimeric

Explanation

Solution

${BeCl_2}$ exist as ${(BeCl2)_{n}}$ polymeric chain in solid form, while ${BeCl2}$ exist as dimer ${(BeCl2)2}$ in vapour phase.