Both, Hydrogen and Chlorine are non metals, when two nonmetals attach the share electrons and the type of bonding formed is polar covalent because they have different sizes, hydrogen is smaller than chlorine.

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Lewis structure for nitrogen triiodide, NI(3)

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Answer:

Lewis structure for nitrogen triiodide, $NI_3$ is given in the attachment.

Explanation:

Given:

The given compound is Nitrogen triiodide. In which 1 atom of Nitrogen combines with 3 atoms of Iodine. Both Nitrogen and Iodine are non-metals,So they form covalent bond by sharing of electrons.

The electron configuration of Nitrogen and Iodine is given below;

$N(7) = 1s^2,2s^22p^3\\I(53) = 1s^2,2s^22p^6,3s^23p^63d^{10},4s^24p^64d^{10},5s^25p^5$

There are 5 electrons in valance shell of Nitrogen atom and 7 electrons in valance shell of Iodine atom.

So, 3 atom of Iodine shares 1 electron with 1 electrons of Nitrogen.

The Lewis dot Structure is in the attachment.

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