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Give reason: (i) Gallium (I) undergoes disprorportionation reaction. (ii) Boron and aluminium tend to form covalent compounds.

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(i) 3Ga+ → 2Ga + Ga3+

This is because Ga3+ is more stable than Ga+.

(ii) Sum of three ionization of both the elements are very high. Thus, they have no tendency to lose electrons to form ionic compounds Instead, they form covalent compounds.



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