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What is the covalence of nitrogen in `N_2O_5` ?

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Dinitrogen pentoxide or nitrogen (V) oxide, `N_2 O_5` is a resonance hybrid of following two Lewis structures.

In both of these structures, nitrogen shows a covalency of 4.
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