Element Group 15 (IMAGE)

Universität Bayreuth

Element Group 15

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Section from the periodic table: Nitrogen (red) and the heavier elements phosphorus, arsenic, antimony and bismuth (green) belong to the element group 15. Under extremely high pressures, nitrogen, like these other group members, has a structure consisting of zigzag-shaped two-dimensional layers. Left and right are the groups 14 and 16, headed by carbon and oxygen.

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Image: Dominique Laniel.

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