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  4. Assertion: Saline hydrides are non-volatile, non-conducting and crystalline solids. Reason: Saline hydrides are compounds of hydrogen with most of the p-block elements.

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Q. Assertion : Saline hydrides are non-volatile, non-conducting and crystalline solids.
Reason : Saline hydrides are compounds of hydrogen with most of the p-block elements.

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Solution:

Saline or ionic hydrides are compounds of hydrogen with most of the s-block metals. However, with p-block metals hydrogen forms molecular or covalent hydrides.