CHEMISTRY QUESTION

[Usama Jawad]

My sir gave me this question,plz answer."Argon and Nitrogen are both unreactive at room temperature but Nitrogen reacts with other elements at room tempertaure.WHY?"

 

[Galaxy]

My sir gave me this question,plz answer."Argon and Nitrogen are both unreactive at room temperature but Nitrogen reacts with other elements at room tempertaure.WHY?"

argon is inert -group 8

 

[Usama Jawad]

argon is inert -group 8

bro,you understood my question incorrectly,I asked why is NITROGEN unreactive at room temperature but reactive at high temperature? i know that argon is an inert gas

 

[Saad Mughal]

Argon is an inert gas, it has a complete outer-most shell and hence it does not react since it is already stable.
Nitrogen on the other hand, exists as N2 in its gaseous form which has a trivalent bond which makes it relatively unreactive but still it is not a inert gas and reacts to form compounds. The trivalent or triple bond requires a lot of energy to break, therefore nitrogen is only reactive at high temperatures.

 

[Usama Jawad]

thanx a lot!!!!

 

[Saad Mughal]

Don't mention it