Name       : Nitrogen
Symbol     : N
Atomic #   : 7
Atom weight: 14.0067
Melting P. : -209.86
Boiling P. : -195.8
Oxidation  : +1, -1, +2, -2, +3, -3, +4, +5
Pronounced : NYE-treh-gen
From       : Greek nitron + genes, "soda forming"
Identified : Daniel Rutherford in 1772
Appearance : Colorless, odorless, tasteless, and generally inert gas
Note       : Every breathe you take is 80% nitrogen 

[Properties]

  Nitrogen heads the Group-VA elements.  In its gaseous form, nitrogen
is colorless, odorless, and tasteless.  As a liquid, it is also
colorless and odorless, resembling ordinary water in appearance,
density, and viscosity.
  Nitrogen is a fairly inert gas, although it does form a few extremely
important compounds which, oddly enough, tend to be very active.  This
can be explained by the fact that nitrogen gas is comprised of two
nitrogen molecules that have a very strong binding energy.  Of the
common gasses, only the molecules of carbon dioxide are more difficult
to separate than two atoms of nitrogen.  But once the gas molecules are
pulled apart, the individual atoms become very reactive.
