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Nitrogen,  ₇N

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General properties
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Appearance	colorless gas, liquid or solid
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Nitrogen in the periodic table
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Atomic number (Z)	7
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Period	period 2
Block	p-block
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Electron configuration	[He] 2s2 2p3
Electrons per shell	2, 5
Physical properties
Phase at STP	gas
Melting point	63.15 K ​(−210.00 °C, ​−346.00 °F)
Boiling point	77.355 K ​(−195.795 °C, ​−320.431 °F)
Density (at STP)	1.2504 g/L at 0 °C, 1013 mbar
when liquid (at b.p.)	0.808 g/cm3
Triple point	63.151 K, ​12.52 kPa
Critical point	126.192 K, 3.3958 MPa
Heat of fusion	(N2) 0.72 kJ/mol
[[Enthalpy of vaporization|Heat of Template:Engvar]]	(N2) 5.56 kJ/mol
Molar heat capacity	(N2) 29.124 J/(mol·K)
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Atomic properties
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Electronegativity	Pauling scale: 3.04
[[Ionization energy|Template:Engvar energies]]	1st: 1402.3 kJ/mol 2nd: 2856 kJ/mol 3rd: 4578.1 kJ/mol (more)
Covalent radius	71±1 pm
Van der Waals radius	155 pm
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Other properties
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Speed of sound	353 m/s (gas, at 27 °C)
Thermal conductivity	25.83×10−3 W/(m·K)
Magnetic ordering	diamagnetic
CAS Number	17778-88-0 7727-37-9 (N2)
History
Discovery	Daniel Rutherford (1772)
Named by	Jean-Antoine Chaptal (1790)
Main isotopes of nitrogen
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