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Which outcome arises when cooling molten magnesium chloride?

A)Formation of a crystalline lattice
B)Increased electron orbital overlapping
C)Decomposition into constituent elements
D)Electron mobility remains nearly constant

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Cooling molten magnesium chloride favors the strong electrostatic forces, the ionic bond, between Mg2+ and Cl- ions undergo Coulombic attraction, therefore a crystalline lattice structure results due to lowered kinetic energy, rather than a freely flowing liquid.

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