The chlorides of boron and silicon:

are liquid

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are solid

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are readily hydrolysed by water

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are hydrolysed by water with difficulty

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Solution

The correct options are
A are liquid
D are readily hydrolysed by water
The chlorides of both are liquid, fume in most air and readily hydrolysed by water.
$B C l_{3} + 3 H_{2} O ⟶ B (O H)_{3} + 3 H C l$
$S i C l_{4} + 4 H_{2} O ⟶ S i (O H)_{4} + 4 H C l$

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The chlorides of boron and silicon:

The correct options are A are liquid D are readily hydrolysed by waterThe chlorides of both are liquid, fume in most air and readily hydrolysed by water.BCl3+3H2O⟶B(OH)3+3HCl SiCl4+4H2O⟶Si(OH)4+4HCl

The correct options are
A are liquid
D are readily hydrolysed by water
The chlorides of both are liquid, fume in most air and readily hydrolysed by water.
$B C l_{3} + 3 H_{2} O ⟶ B (O H)_{3} + 3 H C l$
$S i C l_{4} + 4 H_{2} O ⟶ S i (O H)_{4} + 4 H C l$