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Assertion : `CO_(2)` is a gas at room temperature while `SiO_(2)` is a crystalline solid.
Reason : `SiO_(2)` is a network of silicon and oxygen atoms joined by multiple bonds

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`SiO_(2)` is a three-dimensional network solid in which each Si atom is covalently bonded in a tetrahedral manner to four O atoms.
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