Question

Is nitrogen a noble gas?

Answer 1

1. Noble Gas: The elements situated in the 18 group of the periodic table are called a noble gas.
2. The general outermost electronic configuration of noble gas is ns²np⁶.
3. Noble gases follow the octet rule.
4. The electronic configuration of nitrogen is 1s²2s²2p³, which is not a noble gas configuration.

Hence, nitrogen is not a noble gas.