The air we breath is mostly (72%) nitrogen, however if we breath much higher concentrations of nitrogen then we starve our body of the oxygen we need and will asphyxiate, death will follow within a few minutes without oxygen.
Breathing in pure nitrogen can be extremely dangerous as nitrogen does not support human respiration. When you inhale pure nitrogen, it displaces oxygen in your lungs, leading to a lack of oxygen in the bloodstream, which can result in rapid suffocation and death. It is important to always ensure proper ventilation and air quality to prevent accidental inhalation of pure nitrogen.
Nitrogen enters the body primarily through the consumption of protein-rich foods. When proteins are broken down during digestion, nitrogen is released and absorbed by the body. This nitrogen is used to build new proteins and perform various biological functions.
nitrogen makes up most of our atmosphere so i should hope it's not bad to breath it. it's purpose is to dilute the oxygen in our atmosphere. things would be more flammable if the nitrogen wasn't there
Nitrogen fixation is the process by which certain bacteria convert atmospheric nitrogen into a form that plants can use. This helps to increase the availability of nitrogen in the soil, which is essential for plant growth. In turn, plants take up this nitrogen and incorporate it into their tissues. When plants die or are consumed by animals, the nitrogen is returned to the soil and eventually decomposed by bacteria, completing the nitrogen cycle.
Nitrogen is transferred from the atmosphere to the soil through processes like nitrogen fixation by bacteria or lightning, where plants can uptake this nitrogen from the soil. Organisms then consume these plants, incorporating the nitrogen into their own tissues. When organisms die and decompose, nitrogen is released back into the soil, where it can be recycled back into the atmosphere as nitrogen gas through denitrification by bacteria, completing the nitrogen cycle.
Breathing in pure nitrogen can be extremely dangerous as nitrogen does not support human respiration. When you inhale pure nitrogen, it displaces oxygen in your lungs, leading to a lack of oxygen in the bloodstream, which can result in rapid suffocation and death. It is important to always ensure proper ventilation and air quality to prevent accidental inhalation of pure nitrogen.
Nitrogen is an inert gas and is not necessary for breathing. Oxygen on the other hand is quite necessary. Without a sufficient partial pressure of oxygen in your breathing mix, you will become unconscious and if it is low enough, you can even die. For certain types of dives, nitrogen is reduced and sometimes completely removed from the breathing mix due to its narcotic effects at higher partial pressures. Dives have been done with helium and even hydrogen as substitutes for the nitrogen in the breathing mix due to their reduced narcotic effects at higher partial pressures. Not all insert gases work well though. Some are even more narcotic than nitrogen (e.g. argon, xenon).
Humans breathe a mixture of gases in air, not just nitrogen. Nitrogen itself is not harmful to humans in normal concentrations found in the atmosphere. However, breathing pure nitrogen can displace oxygen in the lungs and lead to asphyxiation.
Breathing 100% of it... No oxygen...
Breathing.
No. You breathe nitrogen with every breath you take. It is 78% of Earth's atmosphere.
Well, breathing, for one XP
Without nitrogen in the atmosphere, we would be breathing in nearly pure oxygen, which would be fatal.
Nitrogen gas can be obtained through various industrial processes such as cryogenic distillation or pressure swing adsorption, without the need for breathing it in. These processes allow for the separation, purification, and collection of nitrogen gas for various applications, from food packaging to semiconductor manufacturing.
No, humans cannot breathe nitrogen safely as it does not provide the necessary oxygen for respiration. Breathing pure nitrogen can lead to asphyxiation and suffocation.
nitrous oxide? <><><><> Air you are breathing right this second is a mix of nitrogen (79%) and oxygen (21%)
No, breathing pure nitrogen can be dangerous and even deadly because it can displace oxygen in the air, leading to suffocation.