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At ordinary temperature and pressure, am...

At ordinary temperature and pressure, among halogens, chlorine is a gas, bromine is a liquid and iodine is a solid. Why?

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Intermolecular forces among molecules of chlorine are the weakest and those in iodine are the strongest.
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