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Classify the following solids in different categories based on the nature of intermolecular forces operating in them:
Potassium sulphate, tin, benzene, urea, ammonia, water, zinc
sulphate, graphite, rubidium, argon, silicon carbide.

Molecular solids: water, argon.
Ionic solids: potassium sulphate, zinc sulphate.
Metallic solids: tin, rubidium.
Covalent or network: benzene, urea, ammonia, graphite, silicon carbide.

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Classify the following solids in different categories based on the nature of intermolecular forces operating in them: Potassium sulphate, tin, benzene, urea, ammonia, water, zinc sulphate, graphite, rubidium, argon, silicon carbide.

Classify the following solids in different categories based on the nature of intermolecular forces operating in them:
Potassium sulphate, tin, benzene, urea, ammonia, water, zinc
sulphate, graphite, rubidium, argon, silicon carbide.