Nitrogen, 00N
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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carbonnitrogenoxygen
Groupgroup 15 (pnictogens)
Periodperiod 2
Block  p-block
Electron configuration[He] 2s2 2p3
Electrons per shell2, 5
Physical properties
Phase at STPgas
Melting point63.15 K ​(−210.00 °C, ​−346.00 °F)
Boiling point77.355 K ​(−195.795 °C, ​−320.431 °F)
Density (at STP)1.251 g/L
when liquid (at b.p.)0.808 g/cm3
Triple point63.151 K, ​12.52 kPa
Critical point126.192 K, 3.3958 MPa
Heat of fusion(N2) 0.72 kJ/mol
Heat of vaporization(N2) 5.56 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,[3] −1,[3] 0,[4] +1,[3] +2,[3] +4[3]
ElectronegativityPauling scale: 3.04
Ionization energies
  • 1st: 1402.3 kJ/mol
  • 2nd: 2856 kJ/mol
  • 3rd: 4578.1 kJ/mol
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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
Hexagonal crystal structure for nitrogen
Thermal conductivity25.83×10−3 W/(m⋅K)
Magnetic orderingdiamagnetic
Speed of sound353 m/s (gas, at 27 °C)
CAS Number7727-37-9
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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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 d e Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.
  4. ^ 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.