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Nitrogen is relatively inert as compared to phosphorus. Why ?

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Since P-P single bond is much weaker than `N -= N` triple bond.
Therefore phosphorus is much more reactive than nitrogen i.e. nitrogen is relatively inert as compared to phosphorus.
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