What is the formula of the ion formed when phosphorus achieves a noble-gas electron configuration?

a. p3

b. p2

c. p2-

d. p3-

d. p3-

Explanation:

Phosphorus has fifteen electrons in its orbitals and five electrons in its outermost shell. An atom is said to have noble gas configuration when it has eight electron in its outermost shell.

In order to have eight electrons in its outermost shell, phosphorus must accept three electrons and form an ion of the sort P^3-. This ion now has eighteen electrons (argon configuration) and eight electrons in the outermost shell.

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