Q.

According to Mendeleev, the formula for the chloride of Eka-Silicon would be:

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a

GaCl3

b

GeCl4

c

GaCl4

d

GeCl3

answer is B.

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Detailed Solution

, Mendeléev boldly predicted the existence of some elements that had not been discovered at that time. Mendeléev named them by prefixing a Sanskrit numeral, Eka (one) to the name of preceding element in the same group.

So Eka-Silicon would be Germanium and the formula of Chloride of Ge would be GeCl4.

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