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The chemical symbol for nitrogen gas is:

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Ni
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N2
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N+
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(d) N
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Solution

The correct option is B N2
The chemical symbol for nitrogen is N. But due to the incomplete outer most shell of nitrogen atom, the gaseous form of nitrogen always exist as dinitrogen molecule which is represented as N2.

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