dinitrogen tetroxide

/ daɪˈnaɪtrədʒən /

noun

1. a colourless gaseous substance that exists in equilibrium with nitrogen dioxide. As the temperature is reduced the proportion of the tetroxide increases. Formula: N 2 O 4

Example Sentences

Not content with that, Prof Poliakoff and Mr Barnes then placed a second new fiver in a beaker and filled it with "fuming nitric acid" - a "witches' brew" of nitric acid plus dinitrogen tetroxide.

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The 373-4 near Searcy was fully loaded with 150 tons of liquid fuel - Aerozine 50, a mixture of hydrazine, dinitrogen tetroxide, and unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine - that is 78 percent oxygen.

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But Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer and satellite watcher at the Harvard-Smithsonian Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, says that it’s also possible that the fuel, made up of hydrazine and dinitrogen tetroxide, will freeze in space during the spacecraft’s initial descent, increasing the chance that some of the craft and its contents might survive the plunge.

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The craft carries tanks of hydrazine and dinitrogen tetroxide fuel.

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