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Nitrogen oxide
Index of chemical compounds with the same name

Nitrogen oxide may refer to a binary compound of oxygen and nitrogen, or a mixture of such compounds:

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Charge-neutral

Anions

NameFormula
NitroxideO=N− or NO−
NitriteO=N−O− or NO−2
NitrateO2N−O− or NO−3
PeroxynitriteO=N−O−O− or NO−3
PeroxynitrateO2N−O−O− or NO−4
Orthonitrate+N(−O−)4 or NO3−4
Hyponitrite−O−N=N−O− or N2O2−2
Trioxodinitrate or hyponitrateO=N−N(−O−)2 or N2O2−3
Nitroxylate(−O−)2N−N(−O−)2 or N2O4−4
DinitramideO2N−N−−NO2 or N3O−4

Cations

Atmospheric sciences

In atmospheric chemistry:

  • NOx (or NOx) refers to the sum of NO and NO2.12
  • NOy (or NOy) refers to the sum of NOx and all oxidized atmospheric odd-nitrogen species (e.g. the sum of NOx, HNO3, HNO2, etc.)
  • NOz (or NOz) = NOy − NOx

Stability

Due to relatively weak N–O bonding, all nitrogen oxides are unstable with respect to N2 and O2, which is the principle behind the catalytic converter, and prevents the oxygen and nitrogen in the atmosphere from combusting.

See also

References

  1. United States Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7602 /wiki/United_States_Clean_Air_Act

  2. Seinfeld, John H.; Pandis, Spyros N. (1997), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics: From Air Pollution to Climate Change, Wiley-Interscience, ISBN 0-471-17816-0 0-471-17816-0