Stickstoff ==> N / N2

10:11 Mar 9, 2013
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German term or phrase: Stickstoff ==> N / N2
I know that nitrogen is the correct translation, but it is abbreviated both with N and N2.
What is the difference?

Is N the solid state (element no. 7) and N2 is the gaseous form?

Thanks.
Alexander Schleber (X)
Belgium
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4 +1N= elementarer Stickstoff//N2= als Verbindung, kommt er in der Natur vor
Ines R.
4 +1nitrogen: N/N2 (s.u.)
Marga Shaw
4Nitrogen
Alan Johnson


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N= elementarer Stickstoff//N2= als Verbindung, kommt er in der Natur vor


Explanation:
N ist elementarer Stickstoff, kommt in der Natur aber nicht vor.
Alle Elemente haben das Bestreben mit anderen Elementen oder sich selbst einen stabilen Zustand zu erreichen.
Siehe Link >http://www.kurzefrage.de/wissenschaft-technik/55149/Ist-Stic...
Das wird, vereinfacht gesagt, dur einen Achter-Ring an Elektronen auf der äusseren Elektronenschale erreicht.Die sogenannte "Oktett-Regel". Stickstoff erreicht dieses indem es sich über eine Atombindung mit sich selbst über eine Dreifachbindung verbindet. Somit teilen sich beide Atome insgesamt 8 Elektronen in der Natur findet man also nur N2 vor.

Ines R.
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agree  Michele Fauble
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neutral  Helen Shiner: None of this is English; probably fine as a reference post.
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Nitrogen


Explanation:
Generally speaking, you are right, Alexander. N is the elementary form, N2 is the molecular form, also known as dinitrogen or the dinitrogen molecule, which is generally found as a gas.

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nitrogen: N/N2 (s.u.)


Explanation:
Alexander basically answered his own question.

Nitrogen is an element in the non-metal section of the Periodic System of Elements and its element symbol is N.

Nitrogen occurs as a colorless, odorless, almost inert diatomic gas, N2.

Nitrogen is a chemical element with symbol N and atomic number 7. Elemental nitrogen is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, and mostly inert diatomic gas at standard conditions, ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrogen

N2, the chemical formula for nitrogen gas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N2

Nitrogen is a chemical element that has the symbol N and atomic number 7 and atomic mass 14.00674µ. Elemental nitrogen is a colorless, odorless, tasteless and mostly inert diatomic gas at standard conditions, constituting 78% by volume of Earth's atmosphere. ...
Nitrogen is a nonmetal, with an electronegativity of 3.04. It has five electrons in its outer shell and is therefore trivalent in most compounds. The triple bond in molecular nitrogen (N2) is the strongest in nature. The resulting difficulty of converting (N2) into other compounds, and the ease (and associated high energy release) of converting nitrogen compounds into elemental N2, have dominated the role of nitrogen in both nature and human economic activities.
http://www.jjstech.com/nitrogenn2.html





Marga Shaw
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