Nitrogen (N)
Makes up about 78% of Earth's atmosphere.
Liquid nitrogen boils at -196 degrees Celsius.
Element properties
- Atomic number
- 7
- Symbol
- N
- Atomic mass
- 14.007 u
- Category
- Nonmetal
- Period
- 2
- Group
- 15
- Block
- p
- State
- Gas
- Electron configuration
- [He] 2s2 2p3
- Electronegativity (Pauling)
- 3.04
- Density
- 0.0012506 g/cm³
- Melting point
- -210.1 °C
- Boiling point
- -195.8 °C
Uses
- Fertilizers
- Explosives
- Food preservation