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NITROGEN

Nitrogen is AIR. Or to put it more scientifically, AIR is 80% nitrogen. But whereas the oxygen (18%?) is notable for breathing and burning, and the CO2 has various socio-political ecological significance and is breathed by plants, the nitrogen doesn't really do much most of the time. It's like the neutral-medium base of a medicine.

The element Nitrogen does do things, and can be seen in various chemical reactions. It is much more interesting in compounds than when it's just floating around as a gas.

Nitrogen is also interesting if you cool it down to 196 degrees below zero, because then it becomes liquid and can be used for a variety of fun applications! See LIQUID NITROGEN

There is an intention of adding some nitric and nitrogenous links on this page at some time.