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Nitrogen Lab Report

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Atomic Number: 7 Atomic Weight: 14.0067 Melting Point: -346.00°F Boiling Point: -320.44°F Density: 0.0012506 g/cubic cm Elemental State at Room Temperature: Gas Element Classification: Non-metal Introduction Nitrogen was discovered in 1772 by Daniel Rutherford. It is one of the most bountiful elements to exist. Nitrogen gas makes up 79.09% of the earth's atmosphere weighing over 4 trillion tons. It is created from liquefied air by the process known as fractional distillation. Nitrogen is commonly used for the production of ammonia. Large amounts of nitrogen are mixed with hydrogen, producing ammonia. This method is known as the Harber process. This ammonia is used to create explosives, fertilizer, and nitric acid. Personality …show more content…

Fractional distillation is the separation of a substance into its component parts. Discovery Nitrogen was discovered by Daniel Rutheford. When he first stumbled upon it, he called it noxious air. Rutheford distinguished it as different from regular air, but did not recognize that it is a different chemical substance. The compounds of nitrogen were discovered and well known during the middle ages. Alchemists referred to nitric acid as aqua fortis, or strong water, and the mixture of hydrochloric and nitric acids were called aqua regia, or royal water. Characteristics, Harmful Effects, and Basic Uses Nitrogen is colorless, odorless, and tasteless. Generally, it is an inert gas at an unaltered temperature and pressure. However, in atmospheric pressure, nitrogen is at a liquid state between -346.27ºF and -321.07ºF. Most liquids colder than this are extremely expensive to produce. Nitrogen is non-toxic when in normal conditions, but contact with the skin can cause severe frostbite. Decompression in scuba divers or astronauts is capable of causing the "bends," when nitrogen bubbles form and accumulate in the blood stream, causing death. Nitrogen is used for the production of fertilizers, ammonia, and the manufacturing of nitric acid. Nitrogen is also vital for current procedures of food refrigeration and …show more content…

All allotropes of carbon are a solid under normal, unaltered conditions. Carbon is chemically resistant and calls for high temperatures to react with oxygen. It is the fourth most abundant element in the universe, and the second most abundant element in the human body. In fact, all life forms have some form of carbon. Carbon's allotrope's characteristics vary greatly from one to another. For example, one allotrope, diamond, is the hardest naturally occurring substance, and another allotrope, graphite, is one of the softest

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