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Compare Nitrogen vs Bismuth

Comparing Nitrogen (N) and Bismuth (Bi). Atomic numbers 7 and 83 with atomic masses 14.006 u and 208.98 u, classified as nonmetal and post-transition metal. 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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Nitrogen
#7
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Bismuth
#83

Periodic properties of the elements

NitrogenBismuth
SymbolNBi
Atomic number783
Group1515
Period26
Blockpp
Element categoryNonmetalPost-Transition Metal

Physical properties

NitrogenBismuth
Phase at STPGasSolid
Density1.251 g/cm39.78 g/cm3
Atomic weight14.0064 u208.98 u
Melting point63.15 K
-210 °C
-346 °F		544.7 K
271.55 °C
520.79 °F
Boiling point77.355 K
-195.795 °C
-320.431 °F		1837 K
1563.85 °C
2846.93 °F

Atomic properties

NitrogenBismuth
Electronegativity (Pauling Scale)3.042.02
Electron affinity-6.8 kJ/mol90.924 kJ/mol
Oxidation states−3, −2, −1, +1, +2, +3, +4, +5
(a strongly acidic oxide)		−3, −2, −1, +1, +2, +3, +4, +5
(a mildly acidic oxide)
Ionization energies
  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
  1. 703 kJ/mol
  2. 1610 kJ/mol
  3. 2466 kJ/mol
  4. 4370 kJ/mol
  5. 5400 kJ/mol
  6. 8520 kJ/mol

Electron configuration

NitrogenBismuth
Shorthand configuration[He] 2s2 2p3 [Xe] 4f14 5d10 6s2 6p3
Full configuration1s2 2s2 2p3 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d10 4s2 4p6 4d10 4f14 5s2 5p6 5d10 6s2 6p3
Electrons per shell2, 52, 8, 18, 32, 18, 5

History

NitrogenBismuth
DiscoveryDaniel Rutherford (1772)Claude François Geoffroy (1753)
First isolationDaniel Rutherford (1772)
Named byJean-Antoine Chaptal (1790)
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