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Explain the following:
PCl5 is ionic in nature in the solid state.

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This is because in solid state PCl5 exists as [PCl4]+[PCl6] in which cation is tetrahedral and the anion is octahedral. On meeting, these ions become free to move and hence it conducts electricity.

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