Question

What types of bonds, and how many bonds, do you predict arsenic form with other elements?

Answer 1

Answer:

The outer-shell similarity of the two elements suggests that arsenic, like phosphorus, can form three covalent bonds per atom, with an additional lone pair of electrons left unbonded.

Atomic number: 96

Oxidation states: +3, +4

Answer 2

Arsenic atom can form either three or five bonds in arsenic compounds.

• The number of bonds that an element will form to other elements depends on the number of electrons on the valence shell of that element. Arsenic has five valence electrons on its valence shell.

• We know that there is one lone pair on the valence shell of arsenic hence, the arsenic atom can form either three or five bonds in arsenic compounds.

In conclusion, arsenic is an element that could form three or five bonds in its compounds.

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