Q. Coordination number of aluminium is
A) 8
B) 6
C) 12
D) 4
Explanation
(b)
$Al(13) = 1s^{2},2s^{2}2p^{6},3s^{2}3p^{1}$
$\therefore$ It can have maximum coordination number as 6.
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