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Gallium does not exhibit +2 oxidation st...

Gallium does not exhibit +2 oxidation state, but the emperical formula of its chloride is `GaCl_2` Explain.

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Gallium exhibits +1 and +3 oxidation states in its compounds. Chloride of gallium is a mixture of gallium (I) chloride and gallium (III) chloride
The formula of gallium chloride is `GaCl+GaCl_3=Ga_2Cl_4`
Therefore, the emperical formula of gallium chloride is `GaCl_2`
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