What is the covalency of O2 and N2 molecule?
What is the covalency of O2 and N2 molecule?
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The covalency of a molecule refers to the number of covalent bonds it can form with other atoms or molecules. In the case of diatomic molecules like O2 (oxygen gas) and N2 (nitrogen gas), both molecules have a covalency of 2.
Oxygen gas (O2) consists of two oxygen atoms, and each oxygen atom forms a double covalent bond with the other oxygen atom, resulting in a stable diatomic molecule. Similarly, nitrogen gas (N2) consists of two nitrogen atoms, and each nitrogen atom forms a triple covalent bond with the other nitrogen atom, also resulting in a stable diatomic molecule.
So, in both O2 and N2, each atom forms two covalent bonds with the other atom, giving them a covalency of 2.
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