The structures of beryllium chloride in solid state and vapour phase, are :

Dimer and Linear, respectively

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Chain and dimer, respectively

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Chain in both

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Linear in both

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Solution

The correct option is B Chain and dimer, respectively
Beryllium chloride has a chain structure in the solid state as shown below

In vapour phase Beryllium chloride tends to form a chloro-bridged dimer.

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