Class 11th Chemistry NCERT Exemplar Solutions Class 11th Chapter Nine Hydrogen Chemistry Ncert Solutions Chemistry Class 11th

Explain why HCl is a gas and HF is a liquid.

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This is a short answer type question as classified in NCERT Exemplar

Because of hydrogen bonding HF is liquid whereas HCl is gas as there is lack of hydrogen bonding in HCl.

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