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Grade 12Inorganic Chemistry

What is the Hybridisation of pcl5 in solid except it's cation and anion like it will form tetrahedral and octahedral

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9 Years agoGrade 12
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9 Years ago
Sp3d, the orbitals are filled by electrons of five cl particle . 
there are 5 p-cl sigma bond , three in one plane and make an edge of 120 degree , these are called as equitorial .