Question

What is the atomicity of phosphorus?

Answer 1

Atomicity

• The number of atoms constituting a molecule is known as its atomicity.
• Atomicity is monoatomic if there is only one atom present, diatomic if there are two atoms present, triatomic if there are three atoms present, and so on.
• If there are more than four atoms present, the atomicity is polyatomic.

Atomicity of phosphorus

• Phosphorous is represented as P₄. The number of atoms present in a molecule of Phosphorus $\left(\mathrm{P}\right)$ is $4$.
• So, the atomicity of phosphorus is $4$ as it is tetra-atomic.