Question

Give the diagrammatic view of formation of nitrogen molecule.

Answer 1

• Atomic number of Nitrogen is 7.
• Its electronic configuration is 2,5.
• In the formation of nitrogen molecule, each nitrogen contain 5 valence electrons.
• So it need three more electrons to attain stability.
• Hence they shares three electrons with neighbouring nitrogen atom and form triple covalent bond.
• $$\begin{gathered} :\mathrm{N}⋮+⋮\mathrm{N}:\to :\mathrm{N}⋮⋮\mathrm{N}\mathrm{or} \\ :\mathrm{N}\overline{)⋮⋮}\mathrm{N}: \end{gathered}$$