what is covalency and what is max covalency of nitrogen and why
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The covalency of an atom is the number of electrons it shares with other atoms when forming chemical bonds. Usually, but not always, it is the number of covalent bonds it forms with other atoms.
Maximum covalency of nitrogen is four because the fourth covalent bond is actually a coordinate covalent bond, formed when that nitrogen atom's lone pair gets donated to a proton. This is also the maximum covalency for the nitrogen atom, since it has no more unpaired electrons that could be paired up with other atoms, to form more covalent bonds.
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The no.of bonds that one element forms with other elements.
The nitrogen have max covalency is 4 because of non availability of d orbitals so it cannot extend its covalency beyond four