Question

What is meant by the Atomicity of an element? Give some examples of Polyatomic Elements.

Answer 1

Atomicity of element:- The Atomicity of an element can be defined as the total number of atoms present in a molecule.

For. Example:- ${\mathrm{O}}_2$ has 2 oxygen atoms in the molecule.

Polyatomic elements:- These are considered as those elements that are made up of more than two atoms.

For. Example.:- ${\mathrm{O}}_{3,}{\mathrm{P}}_{4,}{\mathrm{S}}_8$