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nitrogen atom has five valence electrons but its covalency in ammonia is three and not five. explain ​

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Answered by bhavee1257
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5' is the total number of valence electrons of nitrogen. But it is not the covalency and the maximum covalency of nitrogen is '4'. NH3 has 3 shared electron pairs and 1 lone pair. thus making a coordinate covalent bond(dative bond) with it.

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