Question

between. nitrogen phosphorous oxygen and sulpher which have highest cattenation power and why​

Answer 1

Answer:

Phosphorus has a greater tendency for catenation than nitrogen. (ii) Oxygen is a gas but sulphur a solid. ... Since nitrogen atom is smaller, there is greater repulsion of electron density of two nitrogen atoms, thereby weakening the N-N single bond.

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Answer 2

Answer:

(i) Phosphorus has a greater tendency for catenation than nitrogen. (ii) Oxygen is a gas but sulphur a solid. ... Since nitrogen atom is smaller, there is greater repulsion of electron density of two nitrogen atoms, thereby weakening the N-N single bond.

Answer 3

Answer:

(i) Phosphorus has a greater tendency for catenation than nitrogen. (ii) Oxygen is a gas but sulphur a solid. ... Since nitrogen atom is smaller, there is greater repulsion of electron density of two nitrogen atoms, thereby weakening the N-N single bond.