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📅 MIT Science Bowl Invitational 2020🎓 HS🔄 Round 3#️⃣ Question 18 TOSS UP✍️ Short Answer

In September 2020, researchers at MIT, Cardiff University, and elsewhere reportedly found the spectral fingerprint of phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus, which they believe may be a sign of extraterrestrial life, a claim which other researchers have since contested. What is the oxidation state of phosphorus in the phosphine molecule?

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