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NItrogen is less reactive at room temperature.
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1) The nitrogen atom is very small in size ,therefore the bond length is also quite small(109.8 pm)

2) As a result the bond dissociation energy is quite high $(946 K j / m o l)$ .This reason leads $N_{2}$ to be very less reactive at room temperature

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