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Compare Nitrogen vs Moscovium

Comparing Nitrogen (N) and Moscovium (Mc). Atomic numbers 7 and 115 with atomic masses 14.006 u and 288 u, classified as nonmetal and unknown. 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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Periodic properties of the elements

NitrogenMoscovium
SymbolNMc
Atomic number7115
Group1515
Period27
Blockpp
Element categoryNonmetalUnknown

Physical properties

NitrogenMoscovium
Phase at STPGasSolid
Density1.251 g/cm313.5 g/cm3
Atomic weight14.0064 u288 u
Melting point63.15 K
-210 °C
-346 °F
670 K
396.85 °C
746.33 °F
Boiling point77.355 K
-195.795 °C
-320.431 °F
1400 K
1126.85 °C
2060.33 °F

Atomic properties

NitrogenMoscovium
Electronegativity (Pauling Scale)3.040
Electron affinity-6.8 kJ/mol35.3 kJ/mol
Oxidation states−3, −2, −1, +1, +2, +3, +4, +5
(a strongly acidic oxide)
(+1), (+3)
(predicted)
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. 538.4 kJ/mol
  2. 1756.0 kJ/mol
  3. 2653.3 kJ/mol
  4. 4679.5 kJ/mol
  5. 5721.6 kJ/mol

Electron configuration

NitrogenMoscovium
Shorthand configuration[He] 2s2 2p3 [Rn] 5f14 6d10 7s2 7p3
Full configuration1s2 2s2 2p3 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d10 4s2 4p6 4d10 4f14 5s2 5p6 5d10 5f14 6s2 6p6 6d10 7s2 7p3
Electrons per shell2, 52, 8, 18, 32, 32, 18, 5

History

NitrogenMoscovium
DiscoveryDaniel Rutherford (1772)Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (2003)
First isolationDaniel Rutherford (1772)
Named byJean-Antoine Chaptal (1790)JINR, LLNL, ORNL, Vanderbilt University