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Q.

For which pair of allotropes is one a molecular solid and the other a network covalent solid?

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a

Dioxygen and ozone

b

White phosphorus and red phosphorus

c

Rhombic sulphur and monoclinic sulphur

d

Grey tin and white tin

answer is B.

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Detailed Solution

Because white phosphorous exhibits angular strain in the P4 molecule, where the angles are only 60°, it is more reactive than red phosphorous. Such an angular tension does not exist in red phosphorous.
Red phosphorous in this has a network covalent solid, and white Phosphorus has a molecular solid.

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