In HNO3 why does the nitrogen atom give electrons to the third oxygen when it already satisfied its valency with two oxygens one with a single bond and one with a double
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Nitric acid (HNO3) Lewis structure, molecular geometry, hybridization, polar or nonpolar | Molecular geometry, Molecular, Electron configuration
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