Answer to Question #135964 in General Chemistry for callie bennett

Question

A nitrogen atom has 7 electrons- two on the inside shell and 5 on the next. According to the rule of eight (or octet rule), how many atoms will the atom bond with?

Answer 1

Nitrogen has electronic configuration of 1s²2s²2p³ and it requires 3 more electrons inorder to complete its octet. So it will bind wwith 3 atoms.