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Aluminium chloride exits as a dimer beca...

Aluminium chloride exits as a dimer because aluminium has:

A

Greater ionisation enthalpy

B

Incomplete p-orbital

C

High nuclear charge

D

Larger radius

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B

Incomplete p-orbital
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