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In what way is an atom of Oxygen most different from an atom of Nitrogen?
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Why is nitrogen in oxygen?
the enzyme who does it is destroyed by oxygen
What element has 7 protons and a mass number of 16?
Only an atom of nitrogen can have exactly 7 protons in each nucleus.
What are the most two common gases in air?
Nitrogen and Oxygen are the most common gases in the atmosphere.
What are the four elements most common in organisms?
Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen
What 2 gases are most abundant in the Earth's atmosphere?
Nitrogen and Oxygen
How is the molecular formula NO different from the molecular formula N2O?
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.
What atom shows similar properties to oxygen?
A Nitrogen atom shows the most similar properties to an Oxygen atom.
In what way are atoms of oxygen most different from and atoms of nitrogen?
They have way different masses!!
Why is nitrogen in oxygen?
the enzyme who does it is destroyed by oxygen
What are the four most abundant elements in human soft tissue on a per atom basis?
Hydrogen, Oxygen, Carbon, and Nitrogen
What element has 7 protons and a mass number of 16?
Only an atom of nitrogen can have exactly 7 protons in each nucleus.
What is the most common types of atom in your bodies?
Phosphorus, hydrogen, calcium, carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, magnesium, sulfur, potassium, and sodium
What is the most abundant gas in our atmosphere oxygen hydrogen nitrogen water?
It is nitrogen, followed by oxygen.
Which element has the most bonds oxygen or nitrogen?
Nitrogen.
Is most of earths atmosphere nitrogen or oxygen?
Nitrogen is about 70%. Oxygen runs about 28%.
Is it possible for a nitrogen atom to change into an oxygen atom?
We usually don't see a nitrogen atom change into an oxygen atom. This kind of change is a nuclear transmutation, and we just don't encounter much of this nitrogen-to-oxygen thing happening in nature. But there are instances where nitrogen can "change" into oxygen, and we have to look at a couple of isotopes of oxygen and nitrogen to discover if a nuclear reaction might transform nitrogen to oxygen. Let's take a little trip through an operating pressurized water nuclear reactor where this actually happens.The water circulating in a water-cooled nuclear reactor is H2O, and you knew that. Most of the oxygen in that water is oxygen-16. When water passes through the core of the reactor, the high neutron flux can activate the oxygen. An oxygen-16 atom can absorb a neutron and then undergo beta decay to become nitrogen-16. Further, nitrogen-16 in the water can then absorb a neutron and become nitrogen-17. It turns out this happens a lot. But the nitrogen-17 is very unstable, and it transforms via beta decay back into oxygen. The oxygen-17 on the end of this series of transformations is stable, by the way. But it will cycle back through the reactor and may undergo more transformations.A link can be found below to a related question, and the curious investigator might wish to trace the transformations mentioned. Further, a hard-core learner might want to come up with the nuclear formulae that are written to express the reactions.
Is NO2 a compound?
Nitrogen is an element because it cannot be broken down into a simpler substance. Nitrogen gas, consisting of two nitrogen atoms, is also considered to be an element because it consists of only one element, and in order for a substance to be a compound it most contain two or more elements in a fixed ratio or proportion.
