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The chemical inertness of nitrogen is due to

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a

half-filled ‘2p’ orbitals of Nitrogen

b

high bond dissociation energy

c

completely filled d-orbitals

d

its gaseous nature

answer is B.

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Nitrogen is inert because its p-subshell is half-filled due to it has maximum exchange energy. Thus it is exists in stable form as like inert gas and it form triple bond (N=N).

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