Shristy posted an Question
August 13, 2020 • 20:31 pm 30 points
  • IIT JAM
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Band theory predicts that magnesium is an insulator. however, in practice it acts as a conductor due to: (a) presence of filled 3s orbital (c) overlap of filled

Band theory predicts that magnesium is an insulator. However, in practice it acts as a conductor due to: (a) presence of filled 3s orbital (c) overlap of filled 3s and empty 3p orbital (b) overlap of filled 2p and filled 3s orbital (d) presence of unfilled 3p orbital

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    Priyanshu kumar best-answer

    All group 2 metals (beryllium, magnesium, calcium, etc…) share a special property called s-p hybridisation. Their s- and p- electron subshells overlap, meaning that the metal can now have access to the unfilled states in the p-subshell.

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    Due to this overlapping of fullfilled 3s orbital and empty 3p orbital ,it acts as a conductor

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    ok sir

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    Priyanshu kumar Best Answer

    Option C is correct shristy...overlap of filled 3s and empty 3p orbital

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    option a is given

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    wrong given shristy...maxm ans are wrong given in your set

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