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A single nitrogen atom can be chemically reactive while a nitrogen molecule is relatively stable and tends to be faf more inert. A nitrogen molecule also has twice the mass of a nitrogen atom.

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The molecule of NO has only one nitrogen and one oxygen while N2O has two nitrogen and one oxygen.

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NO contains one nitrogen and one oxygen and is a diatomic molecule. The other contains two nitrogen and one oxygen forming a different compound with different properties.

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Nitrogen atom is one atom of nitrogen

a Nitrogen molecule is N2, or two atoms of nitrogen atoms covalently bonded

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NO contains one nitrogen atom and one oxygen atom. N2O contains 2 nitrogen atoms and one oxygen atoms.

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The most important difference is the number of protons: nitrogen has 7 protons, oxygen has
8 protons.

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