Nitrous oxide (dinitrogen oxide or dinitrogen monoxide), commonly known as laughing gas, nitrous, or factitious air, among others, is a chemical compound...
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Nitrous oxide (N2O), commonly referred to as laughing gas, along with various street names, is an inert gas which can induce euphoria, dissociation, hallucinogenic...
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A nitrous oxide engine, or nitrous oxide system (NOS) is an internal combustion engine in which oxygen for burning the fuel comes from the decomposition...
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Nitrous oxide, as medical gas supply, is an inhaled gas used as pain medication, and is typically administered with 50% oxygen mix. It is often used together...
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manufacturing. Nitric oxide should not be confused with nitrogen dioxide (NO2), a brown gas and major air pollutant, or with nitrous oxide (N2O), an anesthetic...
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Nitrous oxide fuel blend propellants are a class of liquid rocket propellants that were intended in the early 2010s to be able to replace hydrazine as...
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Nitrous oxide is a colorless, non-flammable gas, commonly known as laughing gas. Nitrous oxide may also refer to: Nitrous oxide (medication) Nitrous oxide...
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nitrogen(IV) oxide Nitrogen trioxide (NO3), or nitrate radical Nitrous oxide (N2O), nitrogen(0,II) oxide Dinitrogen dioxide (N2O2), nitrogen(II) oxide dimer...
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when used recreationally) is a steel cylinder or cartridge filled with nitrous oxide (N2O) that is used as a whipping agent in whipped cream. The narrow...
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In enzymology, a nitrous oxide reductase also known as nitrogen:acceptor oxidoreductase (N2O-forming) is an enzyme that catalyzes the final step in bacterial...
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Inhalant (section Nitrous oxide)
case of gasoline or acetone) or from a pressurized container (e.g., nitrous oxide or butane), and do not include drugs that are sniffed after burning...
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NOx (redirect from Nitrogen oxide emissions)
oxides emitted can be a significant source of air pollution. NOx gases are also produced naturally by lightning. NOx does not include nitrous oxide (N2O)...
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produces flavored whipped-cream chargers and dispensers containing nitrous oxide. It is owned by SBK International, LLC. Founded in 2021, Galaxy Gas...
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Music for Nitrous Oxide is the first studio album released by Stars of the Lid on Sedimental Records in 1995. The album features minimal, droning compositions...
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N2O (video game) (redirect from N2o: Nitrous Oxide)
N2O, subtitled as Nitrous Oxide in North America, is a 1998 tube shooter video game developed and published by Gremlin Interactive for the PlayStation...
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combustion engines. Sulfur dioxide, the principal oxide of sulfur, is emitted from volcanoes. Nitrous oxide ("laughing gas") is a potent greenhouse gas produced...
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Humphry Davy (section Nitrous oxide)
with discovering clathrate hydrates. In 1799, he experimented with nitrous oxide and was astonished at how it made him laugh. He nicknamed it "laughing...
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One therefore has a mobile delivery system for nitrous oxide, which they call MONODS (mobile nitrous oxide delivery system). The MONODS is built on an open...
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(NIR), nitric oxide reductase (NOR) and nitrous oxide reductase (NOS), turning nitrogen oxides back to nitrogen gas (N2) or nitrous oxide (N2O). There...
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Dinitrogen oxide can potentially refer to any of at least four compounds: Dinitrogen monoxide (nitrous oxide), N2O Dinitrogen dioxide, N2O2, an unstable...
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Greenhouse gas emissions (section Nitrous oxide (N2O))
impact. Nitrous oxide (N2O) and fluorinated gases (F-gases) play a lesser role in comparison. Emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide in 2023...
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dictionary. NOS may refer to: Nitrous oxide, also known as nos Nitric oxide synthase, a class of enzymes Nitrous oxide system, an internal combustion...
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pioneered the use of anesthesia in medicine, specifically the use of nitrous oxide (or laughing gas). Wells was the first of three children of Horace and...
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Alcohol detoxification (section Nitrous oxide)
impaired liver function because they are metabolised outside of the liver. Nitrous oxide has been shown to be an effective and safe treatment for alcohol withdrawal...
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Environmental impacts of animal agriculture (section Methane and nitrous oxide emissions from cattle)
land use, land-use change, and forestry. Together with methane and nitrous oxide from manure, this makes livestock the main source of greenhouse gas...
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Dinitrogen trioxide (redirect from Nitrous anhydride)
known as nitrous anhydride) is the inorganic compound with the formula N2O3. It is a nitrogen oxide. It forms upon mixing equal parts of nitric oxide and nitrogen...
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launched a larger version which burned HTPB with nitrous oxide. Stanford University researches nitrous-oxide/paraffin wax hybrid motors. UCLA has launched...
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as well as certain anesthetic gases such as nitrous oxide and xenon. Desflurane Isoflurane Nitrous oxide Sevoflurane Xenon Although some of these are...
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farming). And from indirect emissions. With regards to direct emissions, nitrous oxide and methane makeup over half of total greenhouse gas emissions from...
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