«It's far larger than
any other diatomic molecule,» says Gentry.
Not exact matches
Fixation processes free up nitrogen atoms from their
diatomic form to be used in
other ways, but nitrogen does not easily react with
other chemicals to form new compounds.
Diatomic molecules like O2 and N2 are transparent to that radiation and will never fit the definition of a greenhouse gas, no matter that they absorb heat via
other means.
Theory and experiment both agree that N2 (or
other monatomic or
diatomic gases) is not a significant GHG.