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Ananya Shree

Class 11th
Chemistry
2 years ago

AlF3 is a high melting solid whereas SiF4 is a gas. Explain why?

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Muskan Anand

2 years ago

AlF3 is an ionic solid due to the large difference in electronegativities of Al and F whereas SiF4 is a covalent compound and hence there are only weak van der Waal’s forces among its molecules.

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