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State True or False.
SF6 molecule is octahedral.

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True
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False
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Solution

The correct option is A True
Sulfur hexafluoride has the central atom of sulphur containing 12 electrons. Hence it is involved in 6 electron pairs or bond pairs and does not have any lone pair, thus making it octahedral.
Thus, the given statement is true.

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