nitrogen oxide gas
1Nitrogen oxide sensor — A nitrogen oxide sensor or NOx sensor is typically a high temperature device built to detect nitrogen oxides in combustion environments such as an automobile or truck tailpipe or a smokestack. Contents 1 Availability 2 Motivating factors 3… …
2nitrogen oxide — noun any of several oxides of nitrogen formed by the action of nitric acid on oxidizable materials; present in car exhausts (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑oxide, ↑pollutant * * * noun : any of several oxides of nitrogen some of which are formed in a… …
3Gas phase titration — refers, generally, to any titration done in the gas phase. More specifically, it refers to a method for determining reactive species in the gas phase by reaction with an excess of some other gas, which acts as the titrant. Most commonly the… …
4nitrogen group element — ▪ chemical elements Introduction any of the chemical elements that constitute Group Va of the periodic table (see Figure >). The group consists of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), arsenic (As), antimony (Sb), and bismuth (Bi). The elements share… …
5Nitrogen cycle — Schematic representation of the flow of nitrogen through the environment. The importance of bacteria in the cycle is immediately recognized as being a key element in the cycle, providing different forms of nitrogen compounds assimilable by higher …
6Nitrogen dioxide — Nitrogen dioxide …
7Nitrogen trifluoride — Nitrogen trifluoride …
8Nitrogen — carbon ← nitrogen → oxygen ↑ N ↓ P …
9oxide — oxidic /ok sid ik/, adj. /ok suyd, sid/, n. Chem. a compound in which oxygen is bonded to one or more electropositive atoms. Also, oxid /ok sid/. [1780 90; < F (now oxyde), b. oxygène and acide. See OXYGEN, ACID] * * * I Any of a large and… …
10nitrogen — /nuy treuh jeuhn/, n. Chem. a colorless, odorless, gaseous element that constitutes about four fifths of the volume of the atmosphere and is present in combined form in animal and vegetable tissues, esp. in proteins: used chiefly in the… …