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Electron-Pair Geometry

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Electron-pair geometry describes the arrangement of every electron domain, bonding and lone pair alike, around a central atom.

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Ammonia's central nitrogen has four electron domains, three bonds and one lone pair, giving a tetrahedral electron-pair geometry.

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Electron-pair geometry counts every domain including lone pairs — Chem 1040 names the narrower term counting only bonded atoms.