Chemistry 9701 · AS & A Level · The Periodic Table: chemical periodicity

The Periodic Table: chemical periodicity — practice question

Two characteristics of non-metal elements and the atoms of those elements are given below. Characteristic 1: it forms an oxide that produces a strong acid in water. Characteristic 2: it has no paired $3p$ electrons. Which of these characteristics apply to phosphorus and sulfur?

  • Aphosphorus: 1 and 2; sulfur: 1 only
  • Bphosphorus: 1 only; sulfur: 1 and 2
  • Cphosphorus: 1 and 2; sulfur: 1 and 2
  • Dphosphorus: 2 only; sulfur: 1 only

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