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The bond between the two atoms in a nitrogen molecule is much stronger than the bond between the two atoms in an oxygen molecule. Therefore, the free energy change driving a reaction with oxygen is usually greater for reaction with oxygen, and the activation energy barrier is always lower, allowing the reaction with oxygen to proceed more rapidly, despite the greater concentration of nitrogen.
nitrogen
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Nitrogen is not flammable. Combining it with oxygen actually absorbs energy. Nitrogen forms various oxides including nitrous oxide (N2O), nitric oxide (NO), and nitrogen dioxide (NO2).
Argon, Carbon Dioxide, Nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen
nitrogen is lighter than oxygen
Oxygen has the greater bond energy.
The bond between the two atoms in a nitrogen molecule is much stronger than the bond between the two atoms in an oxygen molecule. Therefore, the free energy change driving a reaction with oxygen is usually greater for reaction with oxygen, and the activation energy barrier is always lower, allowing the reaction with oxygen to proceed more rapidly, despite the greater concentration of nitrogen.
nitrogen
The bond between nitrogen atoms in an N2 molecule is stronger than the bond between oxygen atoms in an O2 molecule. However, bond energies for the same atom vary with formulas of compounds, so that there is no answer to this question that is correct for every compound of these two elements.
Energy nitrogen and oxygen
Oxygen
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Nitrogen, N2 and oxygen, O2
Oxygen and nitrogen have equal average kinetic energy per molecule at room temperature. This is assuming that both oxygen and nitrogen molecules are in fact at room temperature.
oxygen is more electronegative and so it wants the electron more than N
half filled P orbitals increase the stability resulting in higher ionization energy