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2007-03-12 11:44:56 · 2 answers · asked by Shaili A 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
It's primary use is in making ammonia through the Haber process (N2 + 3H2 -> 2 NH3 under catalysis at high pressures and temperatures), for fertilizer, which is used to feed the entire planet and for explosives to blow it up.
Nitrogen itself is often used as liquid nitrogen to keep things very cold (medical samples, chemicals, etc.) or in gas form as an inert gas (if you have very reactive things they can react with oxygen, but they won't with nitrogen).
Learn more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrogen
P.S. - Wikipedia is a really good place to start looking up almost anything.
2007-03-12 11:48:01 · answer #1 · answered by Some Body 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It stops the world exploding, and is a constituent of protein.
2007-03-12 11:47:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋