Phosphorus has a -3 charge, but it states pentabromide is Br5 hwo do you convert the phosphorus charge in there?
2007-09-18 23:43:06 · 7 answers · asked by Average Joes 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Phosphorus pentabromide has the formula PBr5, but has the structure PBr4+ Br− in the solid state.
2007-09-18 23:59:11 · answer #1 · answered by Tom R 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Phosphorus Pentabromide
2016-09-29 01:32:36 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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What's the formula for phosphorus pentabromide?
Phosphorus has a -3 charge, but it states pentabromide is Br5 hwo do you convert the phosphorus charge in there?
2015-08-16 17:16:37 · answer #3 · answered by Rossana 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes some elements have more than one oxidation no..
like Phosphorus w/c has a -3 charge.. it can also have a +5 charge(can you see? the sum of the charges is 5+3=8... the octet rule.. -3 is just commonly used because it is easier to share 3 electrons than to loose 5).. hence the pentabromide
the formula is PBr5
2007-09-19 00:05:40 · answer #4 · answered by Grand Phuba 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Phosphorus has more than one oxidation state, it can also have a charge of -5
Penta means 5 so the formula is PBr5
you can also get PCl5 which reacts violently with water to produce gasseous HCl
2007-09-19 02:45:52 · answer #5 · answered by Helen J 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
phophide is the element which has -3 charge not phosphorous...phosphorus and bromide are 2 nonmetals so we just follow the rule of nomenclature. PBr5 is the answer. hope this clears your mind.
2007-09-19 01:04:05 · answer #6 · answered by acid_heroine 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-08-24 16:36:30 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look at a periodic table and figure it out. Its simple analysis and theres not much maths involved in figuring that out.
2016-03-13 10:31:13 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋