The reason that some of the elements of period three and beyond are steady in spite of not sticking to the octet rule is due to the fact of possessing the tendency of forming large size, and a tendency of making more than four bonds. For example, sulfur, it belongs to period 3 and is big enough to hold six fluorine atoms as can be seen in the molecule SF₆, while the second period of an element like nitrogen may not be big to comprise 6 fluorine atoms.
The existence of unoccupied d orbitals are accessible for bonding for period 3 elements and beyond, the size plays a prime function than the tendency to produce more bonds. Hence, the suggestion of the second friend is correct.
B. elements and compounds
Answer is 0.289nm.
Explanation: The wt % of Fe and wt % of V is given for a Fe-V alloy.
wt % of Fe in Fe-V alloy = 85%
wt % of V in Fe-V alloy = 15%
We need to calculate edge length of the unit cell having bcc structure.
Using density formula,

For calculating edge length,

For calculating
, we use the formula

Similarly for calculating
, we use the formula

From the periodic table, masses of the two elements can be written


Specific density of both the elements are

Putting
and
formula's in edge length formula, we get
![a=\left [\frac{Z\left (\frac{100}{\frac{(wt\%)_{Fe}}{M_{Fe}}+\frac{(wt\%)_{Fe}}{M_{Fe}}} \right )}{N_A\left (\frac{100}{\frac{(wt\%)_V}{\rho_V}+\frac{(wt\%)_V}{\rho_V}} \right )} \right ]^{1/3}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=a%3D%5Cleft%20%5B%5Cfrac%7BZ%5Cleft%20%28%5Cfrac%7B100%7D%7B%5Cfrac%7B%28wt%5C%25%29_%7BFe%7D%7D%7BM_%7BFe%7D%7D%2B%5Cfrac%7B%28wt%5C%25%29_%7BFe%7D%7D%7BM_%7BFe%7D%7D%7D%20%20%5Cright%20%29%7D%7BN_A%5Cleft%20%28%5Cfrac%7B100%7D%7B%5Cfrac%7B%28wt%5C%25%29_V%7D%7B%5Crho_V%7D%2B%5Cfrac%7B%28wt%5C%25%29_V%7D%7B%5Crho_V%7D%7D%20%20%5Cright%20%29%7D%20%20%5Cright%20%5D%5E%7B1%2F3%7D)
![a=\left [\frac{2atoms/\text{unit cell}\left (\frac{100}{\frac{85\%}{55.85g/mol}+\frac{15\%}{50.941g/mol}} \right )}{(6.023\times10^{23}atoms/mol)\left (\frac{100}{\frac{85\%}{7.874g/cm^3}+\frac{15\%}{6.10g/cm^3}} \right )} \right ]^{1/3}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=a%3D%5Cleft%20%5B%5Cfrac%7B2atoms%2F%5Ctext%7Bunit%20cell%7D%5Cleft%20%28%5Cfrac%7B100%7D%7B%5Cfrac%7B85%5C%25%7D%7B55.85g%2Fmol%7D%2B%5Cfrac%7B15%5C%25%7D%7B50.941g%2Fmol%7D%7D%20%20%5Cright%20%29%7D%7B%286.023%5Ctimes10%5E%7B23%7Datoms%2Fmol%29%5Cleft%20%28%5Cfrac%7B100%7D%7B%5Cfrac%7B85%5C%25%7D%7B7.874g%2Fcm%5E3%7D%2B%5Cfrac%7B15%5C%25%7D%7B6.10g%2Fcm%5E3%7D%7D%20%20%5Cright%20%29%7D%20%20%5Cright%20%5D%5E%7B1%2F3%7D)
By calculating, we get
