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.
Periodic properties of the elements
| Nitrogen | Moscovium | |
|---|---|---|
| Symbol | N | Mc |
| Atomic number | 7 | 115 |
| Group | 15 | 15 |
| Period | 2 | 7 |
| Block | p | p |
| Element category | Nonmetal | Unknown |
Physical properties
| Nitrogen | Moscovium | |
|---|---|---|
| Phase at STP | Gas | Solid |
| Density | 1.251 g/cm3 | 13.5 g/cm3 |
| Atomic weight | 14.0064 u | 288 u |
| Melting point | 63.15 K -210 °C -346 °F | 670 K 396.85 °C 746.33 °F |
| Boiling point | 77.355 K -195.795 °C -320.431 °F | 1400 K 1126.85 °C 2060.33 °F |
Atomic properties
| Nitrogen | Moscovium | |
|---|---|---|
| Electronegativity (Pauling Scale) | 3.04 | 0 |
| Electron affinity | -6.8 kJ/mol | 35.3 kJ/mol |
| Oxidation states | −3, −2, −1, +1, +2, +3, +4, +5 (a strongly acidic oxide) | (+1), (+3) (predicted) |
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Electron configuration
| Nitrogen | Moscovium | |
|---|---|---|
| Shorthand configuration | [He] 2s2 2p3 | [Rn] 5f14 6d10 7s2 7p3 |
| Full configuration | 1s2 2s2 2p3 | 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d10 4s2 4p6 4d10 4f14 5s2 5p6 5d10 5f14 6s2 6p6 6d10 7s2 7p3 |
| Electrons per shell | 2, 5 | 2, 8, 18, 32, 32, 18, 5 |
History
| Nitrogen | Moscovium | |
|---|---|---|
| Discovery | Daniel Rutherford (1772) | Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (2003) |
| First isolation | Daniel Rutherford (1772) | |
| Named by | Jean-Antoine Chaptal (1790) | JINR, LLNL, ORNL, Vanderbilt University |