How many unpaired electrons are present in the ground state of a phosphorus atom? a. 3 0.0

3

Explanation:

You need to remember that to measure the number of unparied electrons in an atom you need to undestard its electron configuration, and the electron configuration of phosphorus is 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p3, just the last state "3p3" have unpaired electron, and because a p state can fits 6 electrons, and here are only 3, that means that those 3 are unpaired.

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definition

                    entropy is a measure of the randomness or the extent of disorder of a chemical process.

                      enthalpy is a measure of the heat change of a reaction occurring at a constant pressure.

measurement units:

                        entropy is measured in joule per kelvin (jk⁻¹)   whereas enthalpy is measured in joule per mole (jmol⁻¹)

requirements:

                            entropy has no requirements or limits, and its change is measured by the division between the heat change of the chemical process and the temperature.

                              in contrast, enthalpy can only be related to the heat change of the reaction under standard conditions.