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The team at periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. This one is about number 7 on the periodic table: nitrogen. It's the most abundant element in Earth's atmosphere.

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Dr. Steve Liddle publishesd a paper in Science about a pioneering piece of chemistry involving a bond between uranium and nitrogen.
Here are all the specifics about nitrogen.
Still want to know more about nitrogen? Check out The Elements by Theodore Gray.
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But would the same happen with a flower? What differences could you observe between both experiments?
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