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Draw an orbital overlap diagram to represent the bonding in ammonia, NH3

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 Its covalent bonding. Each H forms a single covalent bond with the Nitrogen. The Nitrogen also has 2 lone pairs of electrons that are not used in bondig.  
Draw an orbital overlap diagram to represent the bonding in ammonia, NH3-example-1
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