A student lists five statements about hybridisation. (i) In , phosphorus is hybridised, and the two axial bonds are longer than the three equatorial bonds. (ii) In , sulphur mixes one 3s, three 3p and two 3d orbitals. (iii) In ethyne, each carbon uses two orbitals for σ bonds and two 2p orbitals for π bonds. (iv) In ammonia, nitrogen is hybridised, with its lone pair in a p orbital. (v) Only half-filled orbitals can take part in hybridisation. How many of these statements are correct?
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