Nitrogen Chemistry and Compounds
Learning outcomes - after studying this topic, you should be able to:
- write down an example compound for all the oxidation states of nitrogen, including hydrides, halides, oxyacids and oxides
- give several examples of nitrogen-containing explosives and explain how they function
- give a molecular interpretation/rationalization for the exothermicity of combustion reactions leading to CO2, H2O and N2
- distinguish between (explosive) decomposition and combustion reactions
- list the oxides and oxyacids of nitrogen and calculate the oxidation number of nitrogen
- distinguish primary and secondary pollutants
- write down the key reactions for the nitrogen atmospheric cycle, and use them to explain the generation of secondary pollutants nitrogen dioxide and ozone
- describe the mechanism of atmospheric generation of nitric acid through the nitrate radical, and explain why this becomes significant at dusk and is affected by humidity and pollution
- use the Second Law to determine whether a reaction will be spontaneous at high or low temperatures (or neither or both)
Textbook and eBook References
ChemCAL, iChem and Contributed Resources
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