nitrogen dioxide
nitrogen dioxide noun: the binary compound NO₂, a brownish gas that is a poisonous air pollutant; it exists in equilibrium with dinitrogen tetroxide. It can be the poisonous result of a nitric acid spill contacting ambient air.
Noun
nitrogen dioxide (uncountable)
- The binary compound NO₂, a brownish gas that is a poisonous air pollutant; it exists in equilibrium with dinitrogen tetroxide. It can be the poisonous result of a nitric acid spill contacting ambient air.
- Black carbon is the sooty material ejected from diesel engines in their exhaust gases. RSSB notes that it can cause lung diseases. Nitrogen dioxide is also a product of burning diesel and can effect people's lungs.2021 October 6, Philip Haigh, “Pollutants and air quality on our trains”, in RAIL, number 941, page 32
nitrogen dioxide meaning in Tamil and Indonesian
nitrogen dioxide in Tamil
- நைதரசனீரொட்சைட்டு
nitrogen dioxide in Indonesian
- the binary compound NO2
- nitrogen dioksida
Questions about nitrogen dioxide
- What does nitrogen dioxide mean?
- Nitrogen dioxide means the binary compound NO₂, a brownish gas that is a poisonous air pollutant; it exists in equilibrium with dinitrogen tetroxide. It can be the poisonous result of a nitric acid spill contacting ambient air.
- What is nitrogen dioxide in Tamil?
- Nitrogen dioxide in Tamil is நைதரசனீரொட்சைட்டு. See Nitrogen dioxide meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is nitrogen dioxide?
- Nitrogen dioxide is a noun.
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