Nitrogen is very hard to react with and to hence form compounds. Nitrogen is a diatomic molecule, which means two nitrogen atoms share electrons to acheive a full outer shell. The two Nitrogen atoms share three electrons each, forming 3 covalent bonds. This triple bond is so strong, a huge amount of energy is required to break this bond. This means that a large amount of something
Here you can see the triple covalent bonds formed!
eg. catalyst, temperature, or pressure is required to break up a nitrogen diatomic molecule.
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