NTA Abhyas JEE Main2020Chemistryp Block Elements (Group 15, 16, 17 & 18)Practice
Iodine is a solid and sublimes at ordinary temperature. This is because of:
Options
- Aweak I-I bonds
- Bstrong I-I bonds
- Clone pair-bond pair repulsions
- Dweak van der Waals forces between I 2 molecules
Correct answer
D. weak van der Waals forces between I 2 molecules
Step-by-step solution
I 2 is solid and sublimes at ordinary temperature because of weak vanderwaal's force between I 2 molecules.