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73.
The maximum number of covalent formed by nitrogen is
Discussion:
33 comments Page 1 of 4.
Medard said:
3 months ago
Why not 5 as it outermost has five electrons.
Ajay Kashyap said:
4 years ago
I think 3 is the right answer. i.e. Option C.
Vishwa said:
6 years ago
Yeah! 4 is right.
Muhammad Rizwan said:
6 years ago
Nitrogen is not trivalent it's Pentavalent. But it uses its three electrons (of p-prbitals) for covalent bonding in NH3. And the fourth bond is Dative covalent formed by using of lone pair of N from (3s). After the formation of a coordinate covalent bond, it can also behave as a covalent bond due to having the same environment in ammonium ion. In this way, it forms 4 bonds.
(3)
Dwaipayan said:
6 years ago
The answer is 3.
Ejemen legbe said:
8 years ago
Nitrogen is trivalent but sodium can be gotten from sea water.
Archana Sharma said:
8 years ago
Nitrogen as it belong to 5th group so maxmium it can be 4.
Gaurangi Bhatt said:
9 years ago
Thanks @Naimish Kumar.
Shrushti said:
9 years ago
NH4+ is formed.
Isha said:
9 years ago
Nitrogen is trialing, so the answer is 3 and not 4.
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