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Why white or yellow phosphorus is always kept
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  2. Why does nitrogen show catenation properties less than phosphorus ?

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  3. Why white or yellow phosphorus is always kept under water ?

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  4. Nitric oxide becomes brown when released in air. Explain why ?

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  5. NO (Nitric oxide) is paramagnetic in the gaseous slate but diamagnet...

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  6. Why does the reactivity of nitrogen differ from the phosphorus ?

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  7. Molecular nitrogen is not particularly and reactive. Why?

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  12. The HNH angle value is higher than HPH, HAsH and HSbH angles. Why

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  13. Explain why NH3 is basic but BiH3 is only feebly basic.

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  14. Why is oxygen a gas while sulphur is a solid at room temperature?

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  15. Sulphur shows +4 and +6 oxidation state in their compounds but oxyge...

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  16. H2S is a gas but H2O is liquid at room temperature. Explain.

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  17. Discuss anomalous character of oxygen.

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  18. Why is H2S less acidic than H2 Te ?

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