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Nitrogen can form 3 covalent bonds and 1 coordinate bond.

Nitrogen is in group 5 and therefoe has 5 outer electrons. It can actually form 3 covalent bonds. For example: Ammonia (NH3)

In an Ammonium ion (NH4+):

The 4th bond is a dative or coordinate bond which results when the remining 'lone pair' of electrons is used to form another bond in which both electrons come from the nitrogen atom. When nitrogen forms 4 bonds an ion will be formed rather than a neutral molecule like ammonia.

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