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Nitrogen has five valence electrons. Draw the structure of the nitrogen molecule (N₂). [Pg. No. 170]

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Nitrogen has 5 valence electrons. Two nitrogen atoms share three pairs of electrons to complete their octets and form a triple covalent bond. Each nitrogen atom also has one lone pair of electrons. This can be shown as the given electron dot structure:

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Nitrogen has five valence electrons. Draw the structure of the nitrogen molecule (N₂). [Pg. No. 170]

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