NITROGE

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CONTE
NTS
1) INTRODUCTION
2) DISCOVERY
3) ELEMENTS
4) PROPERTY
5) REACTION
6) USES
 INTRODUCT
ION
Nitrogen, or N, using its scientific
abbreviation, is a colorless, odorless element.
Nitrogen is in the soil under our feet, in the
water we drink, and in the air we breathe. In
fact, nitrogen is the most abundant element in
Earth’s atmosphere: approximately 78% of the
atmosphere is nitrogen! Nitrogen is important
to all living things, including us.
 DISCOVER
Y
Nitrogen was officially discovered
in 1772 by Scottish scientist Daniel
Rutherford. At the same time
however, Carl Scheele, Henry
Cavendish, Joseph Priestley and
others were investigating ‘burnt
air’, as air without oxygen was then
called Nitrogen.
ELEMENTS

melting
−209.86 °C (−345.8 °F)
point
boiling
−195.8 °C (−320.4 °F)
point
PROPERTIE
S
•Nitrogen is a colorless, odorless,
and tasteless gas.
•It is slightly lighter than air.
•It is slightly soluble in water.
•It is a non-poisonous gas but
animals die due to suffocation of
nitrogen.
•It is non-combustible gas neither
does it support burning.
 REACTION
• At normal temperatures the oxygen
and nitrogen gases do not react
together. In the presence of very high
temperatures nitrogen and oxygen do
react together to form nitric oxide.
• Nitrogen gas does not react with
water. It does dissolve in water. 
• At elevated temperatures, nitrogen
reacts with highly electropositive
metals to form ionic nitrides.
• Nitrogen gas does not react with
acids under normal conditions.
 USES
1.Nitrogen gas is used to provide an unreactive
atmosphere hence it preserves foods from
degradation.
2.Nitrogen is used to reduce fire hazards in some
aircraft fuel systems.
3.Nitrogen is also important to the chemical
industry. It is used in the production of
fertilisers, nitric acid, nylon, dyes and
explosives.
4.Nitrogen is used for filling in light bulbs since
it is a non-reactive gas.
5.In the pharmaceutical industry, nitrogen is