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Why AlF_(3)is a high melting solid wheareas SIF_(4) is a gas ?

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Solution :`AIF_(3)` is an ionic SOLID due to LARGE differnce in electronegtivies of Al and F whereas `SiF_(4)` is a covalent
COMPOUND and hence there are only weak van der Walls forces among their MOLECULES .


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