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Is nitrogen an inert gas?


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  1. Inert gas: A gas that has less reactivity towards any other substances is said to be an inert gas.
  2. The inert means nonreactive.
  3. The bond order of nitrogen gas is 3 which means it is triply bonded and it is a stable species.
  4. The electronic configuration of nitrogen is 1s22s22p3. It is clear that nitrogen has a completely half-filled p-orbital so it forms a triple bond with another nitrogen.
  5. Nitrogen shows inertness but is not completely inert.

Hence, nitrogen gas is not a completely inert gas.


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