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What is the covalence of nitrogen in `N_2O_5` ?

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Covalency denotes the number of shared pairs of electrons. In `N_2 O_5`, each nitrogen atom has four shared pairs of electrons as shown below:

Therefore , the covalency of N in `N_2O_5` is 4.
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