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The character "氮" was formulated in the modern era to denote the element nitrogen, arising from the systematic development of Chinese chemical terminology. Its composition integrates the gas radical "气" on the left, indicating its physical state, with the phonetic and semantic component "炎" on the right, which is borrowed from the character "淡" meaning "dilute", referencing nitrogen's function in attenuating the concentration of oxygen in ordinary air. This structural choice directly conveys the element's known characteristic through its etymology, and the character has exclusively retained this scientific meaning since its adoption.
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空气中含有大量氮气。
植物生长需要氮元素。
农民经常给庄稼施氮肥。
闪电能使空气中的氮固定。
科学家正在研究新型的固氮技术。
汽车尾气中的氮氧化物会污染空气。
这个化学反应会释放出游离态的氮。
自然界中的氮循环是一个复杂的过程。