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Classify each of the following solids as molecular, ionic, network (covalent), metallic or amorphous :
(i) `I_2` (ii) Tetraphosphorus decaoxide `(P_4O_(10))` (iii) `P_4` (iv) `S_8` (v) Plastic (vi) Brass (vii) SiC (viii) Graphite (ix) Rb (x)Si (xi) Ammonium phosphate (xii) LiBr (xiii) Wax (xiv) Ice (xv) Solid `CO_2` (xvi) Al (xvii) Naphthalene (xviii) CsCl (rir) Sugar (xx) `SiO_2`, (xxi) Glass

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Molecular solids : (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvii), (xix) , Ionic solids : (xi), (xii), (xviii) : Network (covalent) solids : (vii), (viii), (x), (xx) Metallic solids : (vi), (ix), (xvi), Amorphous solids : (v), (xxi).
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