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In respect to covalent bonding, what does it mean if there's an unshared or lone pair of electrons?
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DrBob222
It means that a pair of electrons is available to donate to another atom. For example, NH3 has an unshared pair whih it can donate to a H^+ to form the NH4^+.
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