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Nitrogen
Nitrogen was isolated by the British physician
Daniel Rutherford in 1772 and recognized as an
elemental gas by the French chemist Antoine
Laurent Lavoisier about 1776. Properties
Nitrogen is a colorless, odorless, tasteless,
nontoxic gas. It can be condensed into a colorless
liquid, which can in turn be compressed into a
colorless, crystalline solid. Nitrogen exists in two
natural forms of isotopes, and four radioactive
isotopes have been artificially prepared. Nitrogen
melts at -210.01° C (-346.02° F), boils at
-195.79° C (-320.42° F), and has a density of
1.251 g/liter at 0° C (32° F). The atomic weight of
nitrogen is 14.007. Nitrogen is obtained from the
atmosphere by passing air over
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