Statement 1: Mercury is liquid at room temperature Statement 2: In mercury, there is no unpaired d-electron and thus, metallic bonding is weakest

JEE Main Chemistry question

Statement 1: Mercury is liquid at room temperature Statement 2: In mercury, there is no unpaired -electron and thus, metallic bonding is weakest

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

Answer: (A)

Solution

Mercury's configuration has a completely filled, fully paired -subshell with no electrons available for strong metal–metal (-orbital) bonding; combined with

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