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Both nitrogen and phosphorus are non-metals in which melting point is linked with magnitude of van der Waal`s forces. These are more in molecular phosphorus than in molecular nitrogen due to its bigger size. Arsenic has most of its characteristics similar to metals, therefore, has high melting point. Whille moving towards antimony and bismuth melting point decreases due to increase in atomic size and decrease in strength of metallic bonds.