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Grade 12th passPhysical Chemistry

What do you understand by (a) inert pair effect (b) allotropy and (c) catenation?

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5 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Pawan Prajapati
5 Years ago
Answer: (a) Inert pair effect: The pair of electron in the valence shell does not take part in bond formation is called inert pair effect.
(b)Allotropy: It is the property of the element by which an element can exist in two or more forms which have same chemical properties but different physical properties due to their structures.
(c)Catenation: The property to form chains or rings not only with single bonds but also with multiple bonds with itself is called catenation.
For example, carbon forms chains with (C-C) single bonds and also with multiple bonds (C = C or C = C)

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