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Nitrogen is known to be a very stable and unreactive gas, because in its molecular form, N2, there is a very strong triple covalent bond between the two N atoms. A large amount of energy is require to overcome this triple covalent bond which has a high bond energy, thus making many reactions (which must involve the breaking of the triple bond) not energetically feasible. But nitrogen does participate in reactions such as in the formation of lithium nitride, Li3N.

However, it is not the least reactive element - the least reactive are the noble gases which have the stable noble gas configuration in which the outer shell is fully filled with electrons and there is neither a tendency to lose nor gain electrons.

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