At ordinary temperature and presture chloride is a gas bromine a liquid and iodine a solid .This is due to the fact that

Options

A. the specific heat is in the order `l_(2) gt Br_(2) gt CI_(2)`
B. the intermolecular force in molecules of cholorine are the weakest and those in iodine are the strongest
C. the order of density is `l_(2) gt Br_(2) gt CI_(2)`
D. the order of stability is `l_(2) gt Br_(2) gt CI_(2)`

Answer

b

Explanation

Among the three halgrns , the size decreases in the order `l_(2) gt Br_(2) gt CI_(2)` and so the same intermolecular force of artraction also decreases in the same Therefore `CI_(2)` has the weateher and `l_(2)` has the strongest intermolecular force of atraction