My Element: NitrogenElement Symbol: N

BY: JAKOB ARENTZEN

& Ashley Wood

Period 4

Physical and Chemical Properties of Nitrogen

• Color- Colorless• State of mater at room

temp- Gas• Density- 1.2506 g/cm3• Melting Point- -209.9 °C

(63.250008 K, -345.81998 °F)

• Boiling Point- -195.8 °C (77.35 K, -320.44 °F)

• Odor- No odor• Texture- Air• Flammability- Not

flammable• How reactive is it-

very little reactions (not very reactive)

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Periodic Table Information

• Type of Element- Non-Metal

• Atomic #- 7 protons and 7 neutrons

• Atomic Mass- 14.00674 amu

• Period and Group #- Period 2 group Nitrogen Family

• Electron configuration and Valence Electrons- [He] 2s^2 2p^3, has 5 valence electrons

• Family- Nitrogen Family

History of Nitrogen

• Nitrogen was originally discovered by a Scottish chemist, Daniel Rutherford, in 1772. Scotland today mainly produces: Fur, Textiles, Metals, and Metal works.

• Nitrogen is found in the air and is obtained by cooling, pressing and expanding air and then you get liquid nitrogen.

Uses of Nitrogen

• You experience nitrogen everyday whether its in the air you’re breathing or using it as fertilizer for food and plants.

Bibliography

• www.google.com

• http://www.chemicalelements.com/elements/n.html

• http://www.chemistryexplained.com/elements/L-P/Nitrogen.html