Why is iodine is a solid at STP but chlorine is a gas at STP? explain in terms of intermolecular forces.

Iodine is a solid at STP (standard room temperature and pressure) as the intermolecular forces between the iodide compound is strongly held by bonds such as electrostatic forces of attraction if its a ionic compound. Therefore STP is so sufficient enough to breakthrough these bonds hence its a solid. However, chlorine’s a gas as its intermolecular bonds are weak, and STP is strong enough to break these bonds of where chlorine is a gas

NOTE: they should really give you a compound so you can identify between covalent and ionic bonds and talk about it in more depth

The answer should be c.

It dont even matter because at the end of thre day we gone life like it ius s