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Nitrogen Was Discovered By Daniel Rutherford

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The first element that is going to be mentioned is nitrogen. It was discovered by Daniel Rutherford in 1772. The name nitrogen is derived from the Greek words “nitron” and “genes”, which means nitre forming. The melting point is at 63.2 K and the boiling point is at 77.355 K. Nitrogen also makes up 78% of the Earth’s atmosphere in volume. It has no odor, tasteless, and is gathered by distilling liquid air. Nitrogen is used to make certain explosives, and fertilizers. When nitrogen is used to make different items, it sometimes has to be reacted with hydrogen to make ammonia. The second element that has intrigued me is mercury. No one really knows who discovered mercury specifically, but we do know that it was discovered around 1500 B.C. It
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