and what is it's chemical formula / molecular formula and chemical name?
thankyou
2007-11-10 12:46:12 · 3 answers · asked by real 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
how can you make nitric oxide? nitrogen has 5 valence electrons and oxygen has 6. how can they share electrons for them to be stable and have 8 each
2007-11-10 12:56:35 · update #1
Actually its best to use a James Bond
2007-11-10 12:55:07 · answer #1 · answered by Walt C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nitric oxide, NO. Because the electronegativity of oxygen is 3.5 and that of nitrogen 3.0, and because they are both nonmetals, any bond between them must be covalent and polar.
2007-11-10 20:54:09 · answer #2 · answered by steve_geo1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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:N=O:
has 8 electrons associated with O and 7 associated with N. The unpaired electron contributes to the reactivity of NO, including its behavior as a pollutant. By analogy with the triplet molecule of ordinary oxygen
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.O-O.
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this is not so unusual.
2007-11-10 21:17:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋