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As everyone knows, nitrogen (element 7) forms a very stable diatomic molecule. Place arrows on the diagram below to represent the electrons in the ground electronic state of tex2html_wrap_inline32 . Compute the bond order. Does your computed bond order make chemical sense? Explain briefly.

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Marc Roussel
Thu Dec 10 10:55:08 MST 1998