
Nitrogen
Dinitrogen is an elemental molecule consisting of two trivalently-bonded nitrogen atoms. It has a role as a member of food packaging gas and a food propellant. It is a gas molecular entity, an elemental molecule and a diatomic nitrogen. It is a conjugate base of a diazynium. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- molecular nitrogen
- Molecular formula
- N2
- Molecular weight
- 28.014 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 28.006148008 Da
- XLogP3
- 0.1
- Topological polar surface area
- 47.6 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 0
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 2
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:17997
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL142438
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID4036304
- PubMed:33127435
- PubMed:30711708
- PubMed:27629431
- PubMed:25797581
- PubMed:21964329
- PubMed:18624922
- PubMed:16618767
- PubMed:4677927
- PubMed:3000778
- PubMed:164247
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