- -NiTROGEN :)-By Shakoriuna & Brittany

PHYSiCAL & CHEMiCAL PROPERTiES

colorless Has 4 isotopes Inert gas ! Tasteless odorless

5 Facts about Nitrogen

Nitrogen gas (N2) makes up 78.1% of the volume of the Earth's air.

Nitrogen is a nonmetal Nitrogen compounds are found in foods, fertilizers,

poisons, and explosives. Your body is 3% nitrogen by weight.

Nitrogen is responsible for the orange-red, blue-green, blue-violet, and deep violet colors of the aurora.

Number of Protons/Electrons in Nitrogen : 7

- - Health Effects

Nitrogen is absolutely essential to all living organisms.

Nitrogen is also used to make up nucleic acids which store an organism's genetic information.

. Nitrogen gas is not toxic, but, in principle, pure nitrogen could asphyxiate the body by denying it access to oxygen.

iNTERESTiNG FACTS :)

Nitrogen gas makes up about 78% of the atmosphere on Earth but only 3% of the atmosphere on Mars.

The word "Nitrogen" means, "giving rise to niter."  Niter is a substance rich in Nitrogen, and was discovered before Nitrogen was.

- -Where Nitrogen Was Used & Found ?

Nitrogen is a fairly common element in the Earth's crust.

.  Liquid nitrogen is used by the oil industry to build up pressure in wells to force crude oil upward. 

It is also possible to buy large containers of liquid nitrogen which can be used to freeze materials like food.