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Account for the following observations :
(i) `NH_(3)` has higher boiling point than `PH_(3)`.
(ii) Nitrogen (`N_(2)`) is a fairly inert gas
(iii) Nitrogen is a gas but phosphorus is a solid.
(iv) Nitrogen forms trihalides and not pentahalides.

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