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Carbon has a higher boiling point.
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P is the third sublevel. Each sublevel (the angular momentum quantum number), has its own number:
<span>s = 1, p =3, d = 5, f = 7</span>
The number of electrons for each is:
s-2
p-6
d-10
f-14
It's easier to just memorize these numbers, but the equation for determining the sublevel number is 2n (n = the principal quantum number). The principal quantum number is based on the period the element is in.
the answer is C. Distance
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