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Reactions of Nitrogen
Under normal conditions nitrogen will not react with air, water, halogens, acids or bases.
 
Reduction Potentials
Balanced half-reaction E0 / V
N2(g) + 6H+ + 6e-2NH3(g) +0.057
N2(g) + 2H2O + 6H+ + 6e-2NH.H2O +0.092
N2(g) + 8H+ + 6e-2NH4+ +0.275
N2(g) + 5H+ + 4e-N2H5+ -0.23
NO3- + 2H+ + e-NO2(g) + H2O +0.775
2NO3- + 4H+ + 2e-N2O4(g) + 2H2O +0.80
NO3- + 3H+ + 2e-HNO2 + H2O +0.94
NO3- + 3H+ + 2e-HNO2 + H2O () +0.92
NO3- + 2H+ + 2e-NO2- + H2O +0.835
NO3- + 4H+ + 3e-NO(g) + H2O +0.96
NO2(g) + e-NO2- +0.893
NO2(g) + H+ + e-HNO2 +1.093
NO2(g) + 2H+ + 2e-NO(g) + H2O +1.049
2NO2(g) + 6H+ + 6e-N2O(g) + 3H2O +1.229
2NO2(g) + 8H+ + 8e-N2(g) + 4H2O +1.363
NO2- + 2H+ + e-NO(g) + H2O +1.202
HNO2 + H+ + e-NO(g) + H2O +1.00
2NO2- + 6H+ + 4e-N2O(g) + 3H2O +1.396
2HNO2 + 4H+ + 4e-N2O(g) + 3H2O +1.297
2NO2- + 8H+ + 6e-N2(g) + 4H2O +1.520
2HNO2 + 6H+ + 6e-N2(g) + 4H2O +1.454
NO2- + 7H+ + 6e-NH3(g) + 2H2O +0.789
NO2- + 7H+ + 6e-NH.H2O + H2O +0.806
HNO2 + 7H+ + 6e-NH4+ + 2H2O +0.864
2NO(g) + 2H+ + 2e-N2O(g) + H2O +1.591
2NO(g) + 4H+ + 4e-N2(g) + 2H2O +1.678
NO(g) + 5H+ + 5e-NH.H2O +0.727
NO(g) + 6H+ + 5e-NH4+ + H2O +0.836
N2O(g) + 2H+ + 2e-N2(g) + H2O +1.766
N2O(g) + H2O + 8H+ + 8e-2NH.H2O +0.510
N2O(g) + 10H+ + 8e-2NH4+ + H2O +0.647
N3- + 7H2O + 6e-N2H4 + NH3(g) + 7OH- -0.62