Why is the monomeric beryllium hydride unstable?describe the structure of polymeric beryllium hydride
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The hydride of beryllium is covalent and polymeric (BeH2) and has a chainstructure containing chains with hydrogen bridges between berylliumatoms. ... Now, beryllium has only two valence electrons and hydrogen only one, it is apparent that there are not sufficient electrons to form so many electron pair bonds.
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