n-twenty-six

Updated: July 16, 2026

It is nothing but nitrogen twenty-six atoms of nitrogen combined to form one molecule of what you would call N-twenty-six?" "Wow!" Stevens whistled. "Crystalline, pentavalent nitrogen no wonder it's violent!" "We could, of course, cover your vessel with the mirror, but I am afraid that it would prove of little value. The plates are so hot that it would soon volatilize."

E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith - Spacehounds of IPC