Chemical Formula: NbN
Catalog Number: ST0214
CAS Number: 24621-21-4
Purity: >99.5%
Shape: Discs, Plates, Column Targets, Step Targets, Custom-made
Nitrogen is a chemical element originated from the Greek ‘nitron’ and ‘genes’ meaning nitre-forming. It was first mentioned in 1772 and observed by D. Rutherford. The isolation was later accomplished and announced by D. Rutherford. “N” is the canonical chemical symbol of nitrogen. Its atomic number in the periodic table of elements is 7 with location at Period 2 and Group 15, belonging to the p-block. The relative atomic mass of nitrogen is 14.0067(2) Dalton, the number in the brackets indicating the uncertainty.