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why SiO2 is solid while CO2 is gas

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Answer: The reason why CO2 is a gas and silicon dioxide is a solid is because their chemical structure are different. CO2 is a structure with two double bonds between carbon and Oxygen.

It is a small molecule and non-polar with only weak bonds b/w molecule. Hence, it is a gas.

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