Question

What is the meaning of 'Atomicity'.?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

the number of atoms in the molecules of an element is called atomicity!!!!

Answer 2

QUESTION ⤵️

What is the meaning of 'Atomicity' ?

ANSWER ⤵️

Atomicity is defined as the total number of atoms that constitute a molecule.

For example, each molecule of oxygen (O2) is composed of two oxygen atoms.

So, atomicity of oxygen is 2.

In older contexts, the term atomicity is sometimes used in the same sense as valency. There is a simple way to determine the atomicity of any element. It can be determined as a ratio of molecular mass and atomic mass.

For example, using the case of oxygen molecule, the molecular mass is 32 (= 2x16), while the atomic mass is 16. If we divide the two, we get atomicity as 2 (=32/16).

Atomicity refers to the total number of atoms present in one molecule of an element.

Similarly, a molecule of chlorine gas has two atoms and it exists as a Cl2molecule. Therefore, the atomicity of chlorine is two.