nitrogen peroxide
Britishnoun
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an obsolete name for nitrogen dioxide
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the equilibrium mixture of nitrogen dioxide and dinitrogen tetroxide
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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
It dissolves in water, but this solution is not a mere physical solution; the nitrogen peroxide is decomposed, forming a mixture of nitric and nitrous acids: 2NO2 + H2O = HNO2 + HNO3.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William
How can bromine vapor and nitrogen peroxide be distinguished from each other?
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William
Bleaching.—In the process of manufacture, flours are often subjected to air containing traces of nitrogen peroxide gas, generated by electrical action and resulting in the union of the oxygen and nitrogen of the air.
From Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value by Snyder, Harry
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
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