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Offline Rayan

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sulfur
« on: June 01, 2005, 03:49:42 AM »
Hello
The atomic number of sulfur is 16 but the number of atoms is 2. what is the difference?
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Re:sulfur
« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2005, 04:08:26 AM »
Sulfur forms many molecules, the most common are cyclic S8 and S6. S3 ia an anologue of ozone, S2 exist only in hugh temperature.
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« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2005, 04:58:09 AM »
This concerns catenation. Can you think why sulphur prefers to form multiple single bonds instead of one multiple bond?
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« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2005, 06:11:46 AM »
S2 is unstable, S8 is the most stable.
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