Chemistry 12th Edition

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Chapter 11 - Intermolecular Forces and Liquids and Solids - Questions & Problems - Page 513: 11.98

Answer

Orthorhombic

Work Step by Step

From the figure, we can see that all the angles in the unit cell are $90^{\circ}$ and all the edges are of different length, that is, $a \ne b \ne c$ $\alpha = \beta = \gamma = 90^{\circ}$ Therefore, the unit cell of molecular iodine is Orthorhombic.
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