Write the formulae of chlorides of Eka-silicon

Question:

Write the formulae of chlorides of Eka-silicon and Eka-aluminium, the ^elements predicted by Mendeleev.

Solution:

Eka-aluminium represents gallium (Ga) with valency three and Eka-silicon is for germanium (Ge) with valency four. The formulae of their respective

chlorides are GaCl3 and GeCl4.

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