Nitrogen oxide may refer to a
binary compound of
oxygen
Oxygen is a chemical element; it has chemical symbol, symbol O and atomic number 8. It is a member of the chalcogen group (periodic table), group in the periodic table, a highly reactivity (chemistry), reactive nonmetal (chemistry), non ...
and
nitrogen
Nitrogen is a chemical element; it has Symbol (chemistry), symbol N and atomic number 7. Nitrogen is a Nonmetal (chemistry), nonmetal and the lightest member of pnictogen, group 15 of the periodic table, often called the Pnictogen, pnictogens. ...
, or a mixture of such compounds:
Charge-neutral
*
Nitric oxide
Nitric oxide (nitrogen oxide, nitrogen monooxide, or nitrogen monoxide) is a colorless gas with the formula . It is one of the principal oxides of nitrogen. Nitric oxide is a free radical: it has an unpaired electron, which is sometimes den ...
(NO), nitrogen(II) oxide, or nitrogen monoxide
*
Nitrogen dioxide (), nitrogen(IV) oxide
*
Nitrogen trioxide (), or nitrate radical
*
Nitrous oxide
Nitrous oxide (dinitrogen oxide or dinitrogen monoxide), commonly known as laughing gas, nitrous, or factitious air, among others, is a chemical compound, an Nitrogen oxide, oxide of nitrogen with the Chemical formula, formula . At room te ...
(), nitrogen(0,II) oxide
*
Dinitrogen dioxide (), nitrogen(II) oxide
dimer
*
Dinitrogen trioxide (), nitrogen(II,IV) oxide
*
Dinitrogen tetroxide (), nitrogen(IV) oxide
dimer
*
Dinitrogen pentoxide
Dinitrogen pentoxide (also known as nitrogen pentoxide or nitric anhydride) is the chemical compound with the formula . It is one of the binary nitrogen oxides, a family of compounds that contain only nitrogen and oxygen. It exists as colourless c ...
(), nitrogen(V) oxide, or nitronium nitrate
*
Nitrosyl azide (), nitrogen(−I,0,I,II) oxide
*
Nitryl azide ()
*
Oxatetrazole ()
*
Trinitramide ( or ), nitrogen(0,IV) oxide
Anions
Cations
*
Nitrosonium ( or )
*
Nitronium ( or )
Atmospheric sciences
In
atmospheric chemistry:
*
(or NO''x'') refers to the sum of
NO and
.
[
]
*
(or NO''y'') refers to the sum of and all oxidized atmospheric odd-nitrogen species (''e.g.'' the sum of ,
,
, etc.)
* (or NO''z'') = −
*
Mixed Oxides of Nitrogen ("MON"): solutions of nitric oxide in dinitrogen tetroxide/nitrogen dioxide.
Image:Nitric-oxide-3D-vdW.png,
Image:Nitrogen-dioxide-3D-vdW.png,
Image:Nitrous-oxide-3D-vdW.png,
Image:Dinitrogen-trioxide-3D-vdW.png,
Image:Dinitrogen-tetroxide-3D-vdW.png,
Image:Dinitrogen-pentoxide-3D-vdW.png,
Image:Trinitramide-3D-spacefill.png,
Stability
Due to relatively weak N–O bonding, all nitrogen oxides are unstable with respect to and , which is the principle behind the
catalytic converter
A catalytic converter part is an vehicle emissions control, exhaust emission control device which converts toxic gases and pollutants in exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine into less-toxic pollutants by catalysis, catalyzing a redox ...
, and prevents the oxygen and nitrogen in the atmosphere from
combusting.
See also
*
Nitrate
Nitrate is a polyatomic ion with the chemical formula . salt (chemistry), Salts containing this ion are called nitrates. Nitrates are common components of fertilizers and explosives. Almost all inorganic nitrates are solubility, soluble in wa ...
*
Nitrogen oxide sensor
*
Sulfur nitrides, which are valence
isoelectronic
Isoelectronicity is a phenomenon observed when two or more molecules have the same structure (positions and connectivities among atoms) and the same electronic configurations, but differ by what specific elements are at certain locations in th ...
with nitrogen oxides
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nitrogen Oxide
Industrial gases
*