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Grade 12Physical Chemistry

An element ‘A’ belongs to group 2 of the periodic table. It shows anomalous behavior from the rest of the elements of its group. It shows a diagonal relationship with another element ‘B’. Chlorides of both ‘A’ and ‘B’ have bridged structure in vapour phase. Identify A and B and draw the structures of their respective chlorides.

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12 Years agoGrade 12
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11 Years ago
A =Be
B=Al
the structure of their chlorides is as follows:
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