If a sample of nitrogen gas (n2) contains 3.0 x 104 atoms of nitrogen, then about how many moles of nitrogen gas are in the sample?

since the atomic number is the number of protons in the nucleus, as we move to the left on the periodic table, the electrostatic pull between the nucleus and the valence electron shell decreases. as we move down a group (vertical column), the valence shell energy level gets further and further from the nucleus.

it is the most commonly accepted one