nitrogen peroxide

British  

noun

1. an obsolete name for nitrogen dioxide

2. the equilibrium mixture of nitrogen dioxide and dinitrogen tetroxide

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Example Sentences

Nitric acid, alkali chloride, nitrogen peroxide on nitrobenzene, nitronaphthalene, carbon bisulphide, petrol, picric acid.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various

The artificial whitening of flour with the highly poisonous nitrogen peroxide seems hardly worth the extra tax of fifty cents to a dollar a barrel.

From Food Poisoning by Jordan, Edwin Oakes

The liquid boils at 59° and solidifies at -7°; but even at ordinary temperatures it evaporates rapidly, forming a reddish-brown gas very similar to nitrogen peroxide in appearance.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William

Here the nitrogen peroxide is expelled from the solution by the action of the hot gases entering from A, and together with them enters the first chamber again.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William

For example take the oxides of nitrogen, N2O, NO, N2O3, NO2, N2O5; these are known respectively as nitrous oxide, nitric oxide, nitrogen trioxide, nitrogen peroxide and nitrogen pentoxide.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various