The p-Block Elements
Class 12 Chemistry The p-Block Elements (Groups 15-18): nitrogen family trends, ammonia and Haber process, oxides of nitrogen, nitric acid by Ostwald process, allotropes of phosphorus, phosphine and phosphorus halides; oxygen family, ozone, sulphuric acid by Contact process; halogens, interhalogens and oxoacids; and noble gases with xenon fluorides and VSEPR shapes, fully solved.
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Group 15 Elements
Group 15 (the nitrogen family ) contains nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), arsenic (As), antimony (Sb) and bismuth (Bi). The general valence-shell configu…
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Group 16 (the oxygen family or chalcogens) is O, S, Se, Te, Po with configuration ns 2 np 4 . Group 17 (the halogens ) is F, Cl, Br, I, At with config…
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Group 18 contains the noble gases : helium (He), neon (Ne), argon (Ar), krypton (Kr), xenon (Xe) and radon (Rn). Except He (1s 2 ), all have the stabl…
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