Elements
Nitrogen ( N )
- Atomic number: 7
- Appearance: colorless gas
- Standard atomic weight: 14.007
- Group: group 15 (pnictogens)
- Period: 2
- Electron configuration: 1s2 2s2 2p3
- Element category: reactive nonmetal
- Melting point: 63.15 K
- Boiling point: 77.355 K
- Sublimation point: Standard Temperature ( 273.15 ) and Pressure ( 1 bar = 105 Pa )
- Phase at STP: ( N2 ) gas
- Density at STP:
- Heat of fusion: ( N2 ) 0.72 kJ/mol
- Heat of vaporization: ( N2 ) 5.56 kJ/mol
- Molar heat capacity: ( N2 ) 29.124 kJ/(mol·K)
- Oxidation states: −3, −2, −1, +1, +2, +3, +4, +5
- Electronegativity: Pauling scale: 3.04
- Covalent radius: 71 pm (1×10−12 m)
- Van der Waals radius: 155 pm (1×10−12 m)
- Crystal structure: hexagonal
- Speed of sound: 353 m/s (gas, 27 °C)
- Thermal expansion:
- Thermal conductivity: 0.02583 W/(m·K)