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No, the central nitrogen (N) atom in nitric acid (HNO3) does not have an expanded octet with 10 valence electrons. Nitrogen is in Group 15 of the periodic table and typically forms three covalent bonds. In nitric acid, nitrogen forms three single bonds with three oxygen atoms, and it also has a lone pair of electrons.

The Lewis structure of nitric acid can be represented as follows:

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