N - Nitrogen

The gas, nitrogen occupies 78 percent of our atmosphere, but it was not known until "mephitic air" was discovered by Daniel Rutherford in Scotland (and others, independently) in 1772. 

Atomic number - 7 Density g/mL 0 .0001251
Atomic weight u 14 .0067 Melting point K 63 .14
Bonding radius A 0 .75 Boiling point K 77 .35
Atomic radius A 0 .75 Heat of vaporization kJ/mol 2 .7928
Ionization Potential V 14 .534 Heat of fusion kJ/mol 0 .3604
Electronegativity - 3 .04 Specific heat J/gK 1 .04
The oxide is a strong acid.
Crystal are hexagonal.

Electron config. : 1s2 2s2 2p3


 Isotopes of N: Click mass number for decay process, product for element page.


011
1.58 MeV
p,2.290 MeV
C-10
11.027139 		012
11.000 msec
EC/EC3a,17.338
C-12/none
12.018613 		013
9.965 min
EC,2.220 MeV
C-13
13.005738 		014 99.634%

Stable

14.003073 		015 0.366%

Stable

15.000108 		016
7.13 sec
B-,10.419 MeV
O-16
16.006099 		016a
7.25 usec
B-,10.539 MeV
O-16
16.006228
017
4.173 sec
B-/B-n,8.680
O-17/O-16
17.008449 		018
624 msec
B-/B-a,13.899
O-18/C-14
18.014081 		019
290 msec
B-/B-n,12.527
O-19/O-18
19.017026 		020
100 msec
B-/B-n,17.970
O-20/O-19
20.023371 		021
95 msec
B-/B-n,13.360
O-21/O-20
21.027085 		022
24 msec
B-/B-n,15.950
O-22/O-21
22.034439
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