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It depends on what group or family the element is in. For example, Potassium is in the first group of family so it only has 1 valence electron. However, since nitrogen is in the 15 group of family, it does not have 15 valence electrons. For double digit families, you just take the second digit, and that is the number of valence electrons. Therefore, Nitrogen would have 5 valence electrons.
Nitrogen has 5 valence electrons
Nitrogen does not lose or gain electrons. It is a diatomic molecule (N2) and is a molecular compound which has covalent bonding. In other words, the molecule has a triple bond, in which 6 electrons are shared, three for each atom.
The atomic number of nitrogen is 7. That means that nitrogen has 7 protons per atom, each one having a +1 charge. Assuming that the atom of nitrogen is electrically neutral, there must also be 7 electrons, each of them having a -1 charge, in order for the total charge of the atom to be 0.
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Gaining electrons lead to decrease in oxidation state.
The Nitrogen Atom possesses seven protons in its nucleus; therefore the electrically neutral atom of Nitrogen has seven electrons in orbit about it.