Silver and iodine are both shiny crystalline solids

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Problem

Silver and iodine are both shiny crystalline solids. Which forces exist between neighbouring iodine molecules in solid iodine and particles in solid silver?
IodineSilver
<b>A</b>metallic bondscovalent bonds
<b>B</b>ionic bondsmetallic
<b>C</b>covalent bondscovalent bonds
<b>D</b>London dispersion forcesmetallic
(A) Iodine: metallic bonds; Silver: covalent bonds (B) Iodine: ionic bonds; Silver: metallic (C) Iodine: covalent bonds; Silver: covalent bonds (D) Iodine: London dispersion forces; Silver: metallic

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