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Explain whether nitrogen atoms will form a bond with other atoms

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Yes, because its goal is to fill its goal is to fill its outer most shell with valence electrons. Since nitrogen is in group 15, it only has 5 valence electrons. It wants three more. This results in them wanting to form bonds with other atoms to have more valence electrons.
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