The nitrogen lobby
Meet nitrogen, tour the facts, find the games and resources, and learn why the air is mostly full of a gas that keeps a very straight face.
Enter the lobby →The nitrogen nerd's map · no compass required
Welcome to the nitrogen rabbit hole.
Five stops, one famously unreactive gas, and enough side quests to keep your inner science comic busy. Pick a panel and let the atoms do the talking.
Official-ish tour route
The comic contents
Think of this as a museum map drawn by a molecule that refuses to react with the schedule. Start anywhere; N₂ will still be there when you get back.
Two atoms, one tough bond
Meet molecular N₂: a pair so tightly bonded that most chemical invitations get left on read.
Meet the molecule →
The nitrogen cycle: planet-sized relay race
Follow nitrogen from air to soil, microbes, plants, animals, and back again. No baton, several enzymes.
Run the cycle →
Nitrogen in living things
See how nitrogen helps build proteins and DNA. Tiny atom, extremely busy biological résumé.
Visit the living things →
The compound costume department
Explore nitrogen compounds, from familiar ammonia and nitrates to molecules with more complicated stage names.
Open the compound atlas →All nitrogen stops 44 pages, one patient molecule
Pick a route. The N₂ guides promise not to react to your choice.
Home↗
Domain sale↗
Nitrogen 101↗
Atoms and compounds↗
Nitrogen in air↗
Molecule N₂↗
Nitrogen cycle↗
Nitrogen fixation↗
Nitrogen in life↗
Discovery and history↗
Isotopes↗
Production↗
Chemical feedstock↗
Uses of nitrogen↗
Food packaging↗
Rapid food freezing↗
Nitrogen in drinks↗
Electronics↗
Metallurgy↗
Welding and manufacturing↗
Inerting and purging↗
Oil and gas↗
Aircraft fuel tanks↗
Laboratories↗
Cryogenic storage↗
Cryogenic cooling↗
Medicine↗
Safety↗
Fertilizers↗
Water pollution↗
N₂O and NOₓ↗
Titan and Mars↗
Media and sources↗
Compound atlas↗
Ammonia and ammonium↗
Nitrogen oxides atlas↗
Acids, ions, and salts↗
Organic nitrogen↗
Nitrogen in biomolecules↗
Other inorganic compounds↗
Game: Nitrogen journey↗
Game: Who is who↗
Game: Build the air↗
Game: Myth or fact↗
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