Nitrogen could form 3 covalent bonds if each of its unpaired electrons participates in one bond.
Nitrogen atom forms 3 bonds based on octet rule, because it has 5 valence electrons. That means it needs 3 bonds or three more electrons.
<h3>Further Explanation;</h3><h3>Chemical bond </h3>
- A bond is a type of force that is formed between atoms of different through the sharing or transfer of electrons.
<h3>Octet rule</h3>
- According to the octet rule for an atom to be stable it must have maximum number of electrons in its outermost energy level. Therefore an atom with four electrons requires four more electrons to attain stability.
<h3>Types of chemical bonds.</h3><h3>Covalent bond </h3>
- This is a type of bond that is formed between non-metal atoms. It is formed as a result of sharing electrons between non-metal atoms involved.
- When atoms involved contribute equal number of electrons to the bond formation, the type of bond is known as covalent bond
- A covalent bond may be a dative covalent bond, when the shared electrons come from one atom.
<h3>Ionic bond </h3>
- This is a type of bond that occurs between metal ions and non-metal ions. Ionic bond occurs as a result of transfer of electrons from one metal atom to another non-metal atom.
- After the transfer of electrons, metal atom loses electron to form a cation while the non-metal atom gains electrons to form an anion.
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Other types of chemical bonds include;</h3>
- Hydrogen bonds
- Metallic bonds
- Dipole-dipole interactions, etc.
Keywords: Chemical bond, covalent bond, atom
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Level: High school
Subject: Chemistry
Topic: structure and bonding
Sub-topic: Covalent bond
Please, observe that it is not right to say that a substance content heat.
Heat is not something that a body or substance content. Heat is the transmission of energy due to difference of temperatures.
An endothermic reactions is that where the reactants abosorb energy from the surroundings to occur. The products, then, will be higher in energy than the reactants while the surroundings get colder.
Fluorine is the most active chemical element, reacting with virtually every element. It even reacts with the noble gases at high temperatures and pressures. The noble gases, or Group 18 (VIIIA), also known as the inert gases, generally do not react with other elements.
Explanation:
This means a release of free energy from the system corresponds to a negative change in free energy, but to a positive change for the surroundings.
