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Nitrogen Gas
« on: January 02, 2008, 04:48:58 PM »
is it N2 or just N

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Re: Nitrogen Gas
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2008, 04:54:57 PM »
It is N2....and can you tell me how it is bonded????

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Re: Nitrogen Gas
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Re: Nitrogen Gas
« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2008, 05:03:00 PM »
It is N2....and can you tell me how it is bonded????
wouldn't it be a double bond because CONS only can form double bonds.
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Re: Nitrogen Gas
« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2008, 05:50:53 PM »
N2 has a triple bond - draw lewis structure.

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wouldn't it be a double bond because CONS only can form double bonds.

What about alkynes, CN-?

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Re: Nitrogen Gas
« Reply #5 on: January 02, 2008, 06:24:12 PM »
Who told you CONS can only form double bonds???  Did you look at the link I sent??

OK go here and just scroll down and look at the pictures in the table on the right...a picture is worth 1000 words:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_bonding

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