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Why Nitrogen is gas but phosphorus is a solid? |
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Answer» Nitrogen is gas but phosphorus is a solid because Nitrogen pairs up, into the N2 molecule which has a very strong triple bond. There is relatively little attraction between one nitrogen molecule and another, so they move independently and form a gas. In phosphorus, the atoms do not pair up, they bond to their neighboring atoms, thus forming a network of bonding that holds the atoms together into a solid. |
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