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Ananya Shree

Class 12th
Chemistry
2 years ago

Nitrogen exists as diatomic molecule and phosphorus as P_{4}P4​. Why?

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Muskan Anand

2 years ago

Nitrogen exists as diatomic molecule (N2) with triple bond between two N atoms and phosphorus as P4. Nitrogen can form pπ−pπ multiple bonds. Phosphorous cannot form such bonds due to repulsion between non bonded electrons of inner core.

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