state why water has two lone pairs of electrons in its covalent molecule while ammonia has one lone pair .
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In valance shell of centre atom of water i.e., oxygen , there are 6 electron . ... whereas in ammonia ,centre atom is nitrogen which have 5electron in its valance shell, out of which 3electron form bond with 3 hydrogen atom this only 2 electron (1 lone pair) is present.
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