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Nitrogen and phosphorus are elements in the same group but property of catenation is shown only by phosphorus, why?

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Solution :NITROGEN has high bond dissociation energy and forms triple bond in `N-= N`. THEREFORE it cannot SHOW the PROPERTY of CATENATION. Phosphorus has low bond dissociation energy and forms P-P bond which can extend further to exhibit catenation.


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