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What type of solid is Iodine?
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Iodine is the chemical elements present in the periodic table with atomic number
53
.
Iodine is a non-metallic solid at normal temperature and is completely black in color.
It exists in diatomic form with formula
I
2
.
Each Iodine molecule contains two Iodine atoms bonded to each other by a covalent bond. This is why Iodine is called a molecular solid.
As the molecule is extremely hard in nature because of extremely high binding interactions. It is a semi-lustrous crystalline solid.
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