The valency of nitrogen in ammonia is 3. Give reasons.
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The nitrogen atom has 5 electrons in the outermost shell, so it can accept 3 electrons to fulfil the octet structure. Therefore the valency of nitrogen in NH3 is 3
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The valency of nitrogen is 3 because it needs 3 atoms of hydrogen to form ammonia. Magnesium has valency equal to 2 + because the electronic configuration of Mg is [2,8,2].
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