Question

How many bonds can P have?

Answer 1

Answer:

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Answer 2

Explanation:

In both the red and the black forms, each phosphorus atom forms three single bonds, which are spread apart sufficiently to be relatively strain free. Consistent with the metastable condition of the white modification, and the crowding of its covalent bonds, this form is far more reactive chemically than the others.