Nitrogen atom

• Formula: N
• Molecular weight: 14.0067
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/N Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: QJGQUHMNIGDVPM-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 17778-88-0
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Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
HL - Edward P. Hunter and Sharon G. Lias
L - Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

View reactions leading to N⁺ (ion structure unspecified)

Ionization energy determinations

References

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Hunter and Lias, 1998
Hunter, E.P.; Lias, S.G., Evaluated Gas Phase Basicities and Proton Affinities of Molecules: An Update, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 3, 413-656, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556018 . [all data]

Lide, 1992
Lide, D.R. (Editor), Ionization potentials of atoms and atomic ions in Handbook of Chem. and Phys., 1992, 10-211. [all data]

Kelly, 1987
Kelly, R.L., Atomic and ionic spectrum lines of hydrogen through kryton, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1987, 16. [all data]

Dehmer, Berkowitz, et al., 1974
Dehmer, P.M.; Berkowitz, J.; Chupka, W.A., Photoization of atomic nitrogen, J. Chem. Phys., 1974, 60, 2676. [all data]

Jonathan, Morris, et al., 1970
Jonathan, N.; Morris, A.; Smith, D.J.; Ross, K.J., Photoelectron spectra of ground state atomic hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1970, 7, 497. [all data]

McConkey and Kernahan, 1968
McConkey, J.W.; Kernahan, J.A., The ionization limits of N 1, Phys. Letters, 1968, 27A, 82. [all data]

Foner and Hudson, 1962
Foner, S.N.; Hudson, R.L., Mass spectrometric studies of metastable nitrogen atoms and molecules in active nitrogen, J. Chem. Phys., 1962, 37, 1662. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  IE (evaluated)

  Recommended ionization energy

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