The outer Solar System has many bodies of interest that have continued to captivate the planetary science community, recently Triton, a captured Kuiper belt object (KBO) of Neptune, and Pluto. Limited fly‐by observational data shows evidence that nitrogen is the dominant constituent on these two bodies, potentially also existing on other KBOs as well. Current simulations related to answering fundamental science questions and also to develop future mission science packages and vehicles require accurate, reliable thermodynamic, and mechanical property data of solid and gaseous nitrogen at relevant surface and atmospheric conditions. This paper thus presents an exhaustive review of all available experimental N2 property data dating back to 1887. Each historical study is systematically analyzed and summarized and then the consolidated database is assembled. Comments are made on the validity of data sets, with an emphasis on specific heat capacity at constant pressure and constant volume (CP, Cv), thermal conductivity (κ), volume thermal expansion (αV), density (ρ), equilibrium vapor pressure (Pvap), heat of sublimation (ΔHS), heat of transition (ΔHT), Gruneisen parameter (γG), adiabatic and isothermal compressibility (xS, xT) and moduli of elasticity (C11, C12, C13, C33, C44). Results here can be used directly and immediately to perform new simulations on N2‐based bodies as well as to determine gaps in the consolidated database for future experiments. Plain Language Summary The outer solar system has been of significant interest to the scientific community recently, particularly objects found in or were from the region of space that surrounds our solar system (the Kuiper belt). Many of the objects such as Neptune's moon Triton, and the dwarf planet Pluto have been shown in many studies to have significant amounts of nitrogen. Since there is interest in these objects, many members in the scientific community will likely conduct more studies for these worlds to answer scientific questions about them. Nitrogen is a primary component and as such, a thorough understanding of both thermal and mechanical properties of both nitrogen ice and nitrogen gas would be valuable to have for these studies. Because of this, a thorough search for measured nitrogen ice and gas property data has been carried out reviewing papers made recently to papers published more than a century ago. The data for each property was compiled with comments made to the validity to any questionable data that were not in agreement with data from other authors. The results here can be used directly in any new studies on nitrogen‐based worlds as well as determine any missing gaps in the property data as functions of temperature that could be measurable regions of interest for future property experiments.
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