GROUP FIVE

NITROGEN

• Symbol: N
• Number: 7
• Nonmetal—is a gas
• Not radioactive
• Discovered in 1772
• The name nitrogen comes from the word niter (Which is another name for potassium nitrate) and gen (which means forming).

PHOSPHORUS

ARSENIC

• Number: 33
• Symbol: as

ANTIMONY

BISMUTH

• Symbol: Bi
• Number: 83
• Not radioactive
• Known since ancient times.
• The name comes from the German word wissmuth meaning mass.
• Is a mass.

GROUP FIVE-THE NITROGEN GROUP