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  2. Oxide - Wikipedia

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    Although most metal oxides are crystalline solids, many non-metal oxides are molecules. Examples of molecular oxides are carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide. All simple oxides of nitrogen are molecular, e.g., NO, N 2 O, NO 2 and N 2 O 4. Phosphorus pentoxide is a more complex molecular oxide with a deceptive name, the real formula being P 4 O 10.

  3. Nitrogen oxide - Wikipedia

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    Due to relatively weak N–O bonding, all nitrogen oxides are unstable with respect to N 2 and O 2, which is the principle behind the catalytic converter, and prevents the oxygen and nitrogen in the atmosphere from combusting.

  4. Nitric oxide - Wikipedia

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    Nitric oxide (nitrogen oxide or nitrogen monoxide [1]) is a colorless gas with the formula NO. It is one of the principal oxides of nitrogen . Nitric oxide is a free radical : it has an unpaired electron , which is sometimes denoted by a dot in its chemical formula ( • N=O or • NO).

  5. Nitrogen compounds - Wikipedia

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    Nitrous oxide (N 2 O), better known as laughing gas, is made by thermal decomposition of molten ammonium nitrate at 250 °C. This is a redox reaction and thus nitric oxide and nitrogen are also produced as byproducts. It is mostly used as a propellant and aerating agent for sprayed canned whipped cream, and was formerly commonly used as an ...

  6. Oxyanion - Wikipedia

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    4) ions can be found as such in various salts. Many oxyanions of elements in lower oxidation state obey the octet rule and this can be used to rationalize the formulae adopted. For example, chlorine(V) has two valence electrons so it can accommodate three electron pairs from bonds with oxide ions.

  7. Hydroperoxyl - Wikipedia

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    The molecule has a bent structure. [3] The superoxide anion, • O − 2, and the hydroperoxyl radical exist in equilibrium in aqueous solution: • O − 2 + H 2 O ⇌ HO • 2 + HO −. The pK a of HO 2 is 4.88. Therefore, about 0.3% of any superoxide present in the cytosol of a typical cell is in the protonated form. [4] It oxidizes nitric ...

  8. Oxygen compounds - Wikipedia

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    Oxygen is present as compounds in the atmosphere in trace quantities in the form of carbon dioxide (CO 2) and oxides of nitrogen (NO x). The Earth's crustal rock is composed in large part of oxides of silicon (silica SiO 2, found in granite and sand), aluminium (aluminium oxide Al 2 O 3, in bauxite and corundum), iron (iron (III) oxide Fe 2 O

  9. Nitrogen - Wikipedia

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    Free nitrogen atoms easily react with most elements to form nitrides, and even when two free nitrogen atoms collide to produce an excited N 2 molecule, they may release so much energy on collision with even such stable molecules as carbon dioxide and water to cause homolytic fission into radicals such as CO and O or OH and H. Atomic nitrogen is ...