Does anyone have interesting facts about Nitrogen?
Nitrogen is also a key factor in explosives. Nitrogen compounds are what they look for in airport security systems, when TSA is paying attention. Nitrogen fertilizer in the form of anhydrous amonia is used in commercial farms that don’t care about destroying the soil. Nitrogen does not react easily with water or air, so you can use it without forming other compounds. Nitrogen is used in a number of complex organic molecules like amino acids, proteins, and nucleic acids. Nitrogen fills a useful space in the periodic table that would be filled by Blutonium if it weren’t there. (don’t quote me on this one if I am doing all your homework for you. Your teacher may not have a sense of humor…) In the liquid state, it is used a coolent, since it harmlessly evaporates into the air.
