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I am not a professional but I believe this is what happens. Assuming there is enough thermal energy to promote the reaction, the triatomic nitrogen will trade one of its nitrogen atoms for an oxygen molecule, creating N2O, nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas. The now free nitrogen atom will form a diatomic nitrogen molecule at its first opportunity.

2N3+O2 -> 2N2O+N2

There has been a theoretical paper (2009) which predicts that the cyclic N3 radical is quite stable to oxygen but will react to form N2 + NO.

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