Template:Infobox nitrogen

Nitrogen, 7N
A transparent liquid, with visible evaporation, being poured
Liquid nitrogen (N2 at below −196 °C)
Nitrogen
Allotropessee § Allotropes
Appearancecolorless gas, liquid or solid
Standard atomic weight Ar°(N)
Nitrogen in the periodic table
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N

P
carbonnitrogenoxygen
Atomic number (Z)7
Groupgroup 15 (pnictogens)
Periodperiod 2
Block  p-block
Electron configuration[He] 2s2 2p3
Electrons per shell2, 5
Physical properties
Phase at STPgas
Melting point(N2) 63.23[3] K ​(−209.86[3] °C, ​−345.75[3] °F)
Boiling point(N2) 77.355 K ​(−195.795 °C, ​−320.431 °F)
Density (at STP)1.2506 g/L[4] at 0 °C, 1013 mbar
when liquid (at b.p.)0.808 g/cm3
Triple point63.151 K, ​12.52 kPa
Critical point126.21 K, 3.39 MPa
Heat of fusion(N2) 0.72 kJ/mol
Heat of vaporization(N2) 5.57 kJ/mol
Molar heat capacity(N2) 29.124 J/(mol·K)
Vapor pressure
P (Pa) 1 10 100 1 k 10 k 100 k
at T (K) 37 41 46 53 62 77
Atomic properties
Oxidation statescommon: −3, +3, +5
−2,[5] −1,[5] 0,[6] +1,[5] +2,[5] +4[5]
ElectronegativityPauling scale: 3.04
Ionization energies
  • 1st: 1402.3 kJ/mol
  • 2nd: 2856 kJ/mol
  • 3rd: 4578.1 kJ/mol
  • (more)
Covalent radius71±1 pm
Van der Waals radius155 pm
Color lines in a spectral range
Spectral lines of nitrogen
Other properties
Natural occurrenceprimordial
Crystal structurehexagonal (hP4)
Lattice constants
Hexagonal crystal structure for nitrogen
a = 411.6 pm
c = 673.4 pm (at t.p.)[7]
Thermal conductivity25.83×10−3 W/(m⋅K)
Magnetic orderingdiamagnetic
Speed of sound353 m/s (gas, at 27 °C)
CAS Number17778-88-0
7727-37-9 (N2)
History
DiscoveryDaniel Rutherford (1772)
Named byJean-Antoine Chaptal (1790)
Isotopes of nitrogen
Main isotopes Decay
abun­dance half-life (t1/2) mode pro­duct
13N trace 9.965 min β+ 13C
14N 99.6% stable
15N 0.4% stable
16N synth 7.13 s β 16O
βα<0.01% 12C
 Category: Nitrogen
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N · Nitrogen
C ←

ibox C

iso
7
N  [e]
IB-N [e]
IBisos [e]
→ O

ibox O

indexes by PT (page)
child table, as reused in {IB-N}
Main isotopes of nitrogen
Main isotopes Decay
abun­dance half-life (t1/2) mode pro­duct
13N trace 9.965 min β+ 13C
14N 99.6% stable
15N 0.4% stable
16N synth 7.13 s β 16O
βα<0.01% 12C
Data sets read by {{Infobox element}}
Name and identifiers
Symbol etymology (11 non-trivial)
Top image (caption, alt)
Pronunciation
Allotropes (overview)
Group (overview)
Period (overview)
Block (overview)
Natural occurrence
Phase at STP
Oxidation states
Spectral lines image
Electron configuration (cmt, ref)
Isotopes
Standard atomic weight
  most stable isotope
Wikidata
Wikidata *
* Not used in {{Infobox element}} (2023-01-01)
See also {{Index of data sets}} · Cat:data sets (46) · (this table: )

References

  1. ^ "Standard Atomic Weights: Nitrogen". CIAAW. 2009.
  2. ^ Prohaska, Thomas; Irrgeher, Johanna; Benefield, Jacqueline; Böhlke, John K.; Chesson, Lesley A.; Coplen, Tyler B.; Ding, Tiping; Dunn, Philip J. H.; Gröning, Manfred; Holden, Norman E.; Meijer, Harro A. J. (2022-05-04). "Standard atomic weights of the elements 2021 (IUPAC Technical Report)". Pure and Applied Chemistry. doi:10.1515/pac-2019-0603. ISSN 1365-3075.
  3. ^ a b c Lide, David R. (1990–1991). CRC Handbook of Physics and Chemistry (71st ed.). Boca Raton, Ann Arbor, Boston: CRC Press, inc. pp. 4-22 (one page).
  4. ^ "Gases - Density". The Engineering Toolbox. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d e Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.
  6. ^ Tetrazoles contain a pair of double-bonded nitrogen atoms with oxidation state 0 in the ring. A Synthesis of the parent 1H-tetrazole, CH2N4 (two atoms N(0)) is given in Henry, Ronald A.; Finnegan, William G. (1954). "An Improved Procedure for the Deamination of 5-Aminotetrazole". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 76 (1): 290–291. doi:10.1021/ja01630a086. ISSN 0002-7863.
  7. ^ Arblaster, John W. (2018). Selected Values of the Crystallographic Properties of Elements. Materials Park, Ohio: ASM International. ISBN 978-1-62708-155-9.