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Old June 8th, 2006, 22:48
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Default DIFERENCE BETWEEN N+3 AND N+5?

I have the problem in explaination of the charge of Nitrogen in NH3 and HNO3.
To my knowledge, in NH3 i know the last shell of electron is 2s2 2p3 so it is hybridized sp3 and it has charge +3
But HNO3, what is the nitrogen hybridized ?and why it has charge +5?
thanks a lot