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Atoms in a P(4) molecule of white phosph...

Atoms in a `P_(4)` molecule of white phosphorous are arranged regularly in the following way:

A

At the corners of the cube

B

At the corners of an octahedron

C

At the corners of a tertrahedron

D

At the centre and corners of a tetrahedron.

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