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Give reasons:
(i) BF3 has zero dipole moment although the BF bonds are polar.
(ii) NaCl is harder than Na metal.

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(i) Resultant dipoles cancel out each other Dipolemoment=0
(ii) NaCl is harder than Na because NaCl contain Na+,Size:Na+<Na, smaller the size more is hardness.

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