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GK QUESTION#3301

Which description matches Dalton’s historical symbol for phosphorus?

  1. ASymbol b: a circle filled with separate solid dots.
  2. BSymbol a: a circle filled with a brick-like pattern.
  3. CSymbol c: a circle divided into three sectors by three radii meeting at its centre.Correct answer
  4. DSymbol d: a circle filled with a grid of nested square patterns.
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C. Symbol c: a circle divided into three sectors by three radii meeting at its centre.

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Dalton represented phosphorus by a circle containing three radial lines meeting at the centre, dividing it into three sectors. That is symbol c, which corresponds to option C. It is a historical pictorial symbol; the modern chemical symbol for phosphorus is P.

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