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A '''pnictogen''' (also spelled '''pnicogen''') is an [[Chemical element|element]] from '''group&nbsp;15''' of the [[periodic table]], that is, one of [[nitrogen]], [[phosphorus]], [[arsenic]], [[antimony]] or [[bismuth]].<ref>{{RedBook2005|pages=51–52}}.</ref> The name was first used in 1950s by Dutch chemist Anton Eduard van Arkel (1893–1976), and is derived from the ancient Greek {{Polytonic|πνίγειν}} (''pnigein'', "to choke, to stifle") and -{{Polytonic|γενής}} (''genēs'', "producer of").
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A '''pnictogen''' (also spelled '''pnicogen''') is an [[Chemical element|element]] from '''group&nbsp;15''' of the [[periodic table]], that is, one of [[nitrogen]], [[phosphorus]], [[arsenic]], [[antimony]] or [[bismuth]].<ref>{{RedBook2005|pages=51–52}}.</ref> The name was first used in 1950s by Dutch chemist Anton Eduard van Arkel (1893–1976), and is derived from the Ancient Greek {{Polytonic|πνίγειν}} (''pnigein'', "to choke, to stifle") and -{{Polytonic|γενής}} (''genēs'', "producer of").<ref>{{citation | title = Origin of the Terms Pnictogen and Pnictide | first = Gregory S. | last =  Girolami | journal = J. Chem. Educ. | year = 2009 | volume = 86 | issue = 10 | page = 1200 | doi = 10.1021/ed086p1200}}.</ref>
<ref>{{citation | title = Origin of the Terms Pnictogen and Pnictide | first = Gregory S. | last =  Girolami | journal = J. Chem. Educ. | year = 2009 | volume = 86 | issue = 10 | page = 1200 | doi = 10.1021/ed086p1200}}.</ref>
 
  
 
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*"[http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/pnictogen/pnictogenh.htm Nit-pnicking - I say pnicogen, you say pnictogen]", by David Bradley
  
 
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A pnictogen (also spelled pnicogen) is an element from group 15 of the periodic table, that is, one of nitrogen, phosphorus, arsenic, antimony or bismuth.[1] The name was first used in 1950s by Dutch chemist Anton Eduard van Arkel (1893–1976), and is derived from the Ancient Greek πνίγειν (pnigein, "to choke, to stifle") and -γενής (genēs, "producer of").[2]

References

  1. Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry; IUPAC Recommendations 2005; Royal Society of Chemistry: Cambridge, 2005; pp 51–52. ISBN 0-85404-438-8, <http://www.iupac.org/publications/books/rbook/Red_Book_2005.pdf>.
  2. Girolami, Gregory S. Origin of the Terms Pnictogen and Pnictide. J. Chem. Educ. 2009, 86 (10), 1200. DOI: 10.1021/ed086p1200.

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