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Multi-Electron Configurations and Orbital Diagrams

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Nitrogen atom has ...... unpaired electrons

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Solution

The correct option is C 3
Atomic number of N = 7 and thus electronic configuration = $1 s^{2} 2 s^{2} 2 p^{3}$ . Therefore the number of unpaired electrons = 3.

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