question 6\nprelab question 1.6: classify the alcl₃ solution.\nionic compound.\nmolecular compound.\nacid.
question 6\nprelab question 1.6: classify the alcl₃ solution.\nionic compound.\nmolecular compound.\nacid.
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Brief Explanations:
Aluminum chloride ($AlCl_3$) is a molecular compound in the gas - phase and in non - polar solvents. In aqueous solution, it can undergo hydrolysis, but fundamentally, it is not an ionic compound (due to the relatively small electronegativity difference between Al and Cl) nor an acid in the Arrhenius sense (it does not directly donate $H^+$ in its molecular form).
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Molecular compound