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How do you account for the inert character of dinitrogen ?

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Di Nitrogen is chemically inert.
Explanation : In nitrogen molecule there exists a triple bond between two nitrogen two nitrogen atoms. To break this triple bond high energy (bond dissociation energy) is required (941.4 KJ/mole).
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