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chemical > inorganic substance > nitrogen oxides > nitrogen monoxide

Preferred term

nitrogen monoxide  

Definition

  • A colourless gas, soluble in water, ethanol and ether. It is formed in many reactions involving the reduction of nitric acid, but more convenient reactions for the preparation of reasonably pure NO are reactions of sodium nitrite, sulphuric acid, etc.

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URI

http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/5612

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