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Nitrogen has 7 total electrons and can form a maximum of ________ bonds with other elements.

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Nitrogen forms maximum three bonds with other elements.
Nitrogen has atomic umber 7 and it is from the family VA in the periodic table. Nitrogen has five valence electrons, to complete its octet nitrogen needs three electrons, for this it makes three triple bond with other nitrogen atom. The triple bonds are covalent bonds.
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