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Compare Neon vs Nitrogen

Comparing Neon (Ne) and Nitrogen (N). Atomic numbers 10 and 7 with atomic masses 20.18 u and 14.006 u, classified as noble gas and nonmetal. Below: a side-by-side comparison of their physical, atomic, electron-configuration and historical properties, including density, melting and boiling points, ionization energies, oxidation states and discovery history.

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Neon
#10
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Nitrogen
#7

Periodic properties of the elements

NeonNitrogen
SymbolNeN
Atomic number107
Group1815
Period22
Blockpp
Element categoryNoble GasNonmetal

Physical properties

NeonNitrogen
Phase at STPGasGas
Density0.9002 g/cm31.251 g/cm3
Atomic weight20.1797 u14.0064 u
Melting point24.56 K
-248.59 °C
-415.462 °F		63.15 K
-210 °C
-346 °F
Boiling point27.104 K
-246.046 °C
-410.8828 °F		77.355 K
-195.795 °C
-320.431 °F

Atomic properties

NeonNitrogen
Electronegativity (Pauling Scale)03.04
Electron affinity-116 kJ/mol-6.8 kJ/mol
Oxidation states0−3, −2, −1, +1, +2, +3, +4, +5
(a strongly acidic oxide)
Ionization energies
  1. 2080.7 kJ/mol
  2. 3952.3 kJ/mol
  3. 6122 kJ/mol
  4. 9371 kJ/mol
  5. 12177 kJ/mol
  6. 15238 kJ/mol
  7. 19999 kJ/mol
  8. 23069.5 kJ/mol
  9. 115379.5 kJ/mol
  10. 131432 kJ/mol
  1. 1402.3 kJ/mol
  2. 2856 kJ/mol
  3. 4578.1 kJ/mol
  4. 7475 kJ/mol
  5. 9444.9 kJ/mol
  6. 53266.6 kJ/mol
  7. 64360 kJ/mol

Electron configuration

NeonNitrogen
Shorthand configuration[He] 2s2 2p6 [He] 2s2 2p3
Full configuration1s2 2s2 2p6 1s2 2s2 2p3
Electrons per shell2, 82, 5

History

NeonNitrogen
PredictionWilliam Ramsay (1897)
DiscoveryWilliam Ramsay, Morris Travers (1898)Daniel Rutherford (1772)
First isolationWilliam Ramsay, Morris Travers (1898)Daniel Rutherford (1772)
Named byJean-Antoine Chaptal (1790)
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