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Group 15 element - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Acidity, Addend, Adjunct, Agent, Air, Alkali, Alkalinity, Americium, Anion, Antacid, Antilogarithm, Argument, Article, Aspect, Astatine, Atmosphere, Atom, Autecology, Base, Basic, Basis, Berkelium |
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The group 15 elements(a.k.a. group VA) are elements in periodic table group 15 in the periodic table. The group is also known as the Nitrogen Group.
The elements are:
The name pnictogens is also sometimes used for this group; it is not approved by IUPAC. The spelling pnicogen is also recorded. Both spellings derive from the Greek πνίγειν (pnigein), to choke or stifle, which is a property of nitrogen.
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