PowerPoint Presentation - 1.1 Atoms, Electrons, and Orbitals

Nitric acid

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H

O

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O

N

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•Hydrogen shares 2 electrons with oxygen.

•Assign 1 electron to H and 1 to O.

•A neutral hydrogen atom has 1 electron.

•Therefore, the formal charge of H in nitric acid is 0.

Formal charge of H