White phosphorus melts and then vaporizes at high temperatures. The gas effuses at a rate that is 0.404 times that of neon in the same apparatus under the same conditions-There are 4 atoms of P in the molecule
Explanation:
Ar=30,97g/mol
/==0,404
0,404=
=20,18/30,97*x
X=20,18/30,97*0,163
X=4
There are 4 atoms of P in the molecule
White phosphorus melts and then vaporizes at high temperatures. The gas effuses at a rate that is 0.404 times that of neon in the same apparatus under the same conditions-There are 4 atoms of P in the molecule
Throughout the metallic structure allowing the atoms to slide past each other. This sliding is why metals are ductile and malleable. Ioniccompound must break bonds to slide past one another, which causes the ionic material to split and crack.