does Antimony form an anion or a cation or neither. What family does this element belong to?

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does Antimony form an anion or a cation or neither. What family does this element belong to?

Also if possible what is the most common charge (oxidation number) for Antimony?

2006-11-24 04:50:41 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

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Sb shows -3 +3 and +5 oxidation states, it belongs to N family. Having more metallic character, it exhibits cations as in Sb2O3

2006-11-24 05:54:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

By looking at the list of Antimony compounds on the right side of this page:
http://www.webelements.com/webelements/elements/text/Sb/key.html
It seems that Antimony usually forms +3 or +5 cations.

2006-11-24 04:55:36 · answer #2 · answered by mrjeffy321 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Antimony is in the Nitrogen family.

2006-11-24 05:16:40 · answer #3 · answered by ag_iitkgp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

It can be either. It's amphoreric.

2006-11-24 04:59:33 · answer #4 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋