Question

What is the chemical formula for the combination of nitrogen and oxygen?

Answer 1

The chemical formula of a compound is going to represent the number of different types of elements present in different ratios. The chemicals are going to be represented with chemical symbols. Almost all the elements present in the periodic table are going to combine with others in definite proportions to get stability.

Complete answer:
- In the question it is asked to write the chemical formula for the combination of the nitrogen and oxygen.
- Means indirectly they are asking us to write about chemicals of the oxides of nitrogen.
- Generally nitrogen will form five different oxides in different proportions.
- The chemical formula of the compounds which are going to be formed by the combination of oxygen with nitrogen are as follows.
- The oxides of nitrogen are $NO,N{{O}_{2}},{{N}_{2}}O,{{N}_{2}}{{O}_{4}}$ and ${{N}_{2}}{{O}_{5}}$ .
- The names of the oxides of the nitrogen are nitrogen monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, dinitrogen oxide, dinitrogen tetroxide, and dinitrogen pentoxide.
- The oxides of the nitrogen are going to form when nitrogen is going under the combustion process means heating of nitrogen in the presence of the air.
- All the five nitrogen oxides do not have the same structure due to the presence of the different number of nitrogen atoms and oxygen atoms.

Note:
The nitrogen dioxide is an irritant gas and creates pollution when mixed with air in higher proportions. ${{N}_{2}}O$ is called laughing gas due to its nature to create a smile by activating the laughing glands in the body.