Question

Which is the most oxidized form of inorganic nitrogen?

Answer 1

Answer:

. Nitrate is the most common form of inorganic nitrogen in soil, being the final product of the decomposition of organic materials under aerobic conditions. It is the form normally taken up by plants, though most plants can also take up ammonium.

Answer 2

The most reduced form of nitrogen is ammonia.  

Explanation:

• Nitrogen in ammonia gets converted to other products under the influence of an oxidising agent.

• Nitrite and nitrate are the oxidised form. Ammonia first gets converted to nitrous radical.

• Here the oxidation number of nitrogen is +1. This radical is inactive and gets converted into nitrite having the oxidising number of + 3.

• On further oxidation it gets converted into nitrate having the oxidation number of + 5.

• This is the highest oxidised state.