JEE Main Chemistry question

**Assertion:** Red phosphorus is less volatile than white phosphorus. **Reason:** Red phosphorus has a discrete tetrahedral structure.

(A)Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is correct explanation for Assertion
(B)Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is not correct explanation for Assertion
(C)Assertion is True, Reason is FalseCorrect
(D)Assertion is False, Reason is True

Answer: (C)

Solution

Red phosphorus, being polymeric (chains of linked -derived units), is indeed far less volatile than the molecular, discrete- white phosphorus (Assertion true). However,

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