nitrogen monoxide
Britishnoun
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It's possible ozone, another respiratory irritant, could climb in city centres because it's actually muzzled by the tailpipe gas nitrogen monoxide.
From BBC
Measuring the conversion of NO2into nitrogen monoxide, a sunlight-driven process, would have also indicated how much more of the gas could be present in shadier greenbelts near pollution sources.
From Science Magazine
But diesel exhausts, unless cleaned in ways that Volkswagen’s software was designed to sidestep, produce larger quantities of other harmful gases — nitrogen dioxide and nitrogen monoxide — along with fine particles that contribute to stubbornly persistent air quality problems in European cities.
From New York Times
What's more, diesel inspections generally don't test for nitrogen monoxide, the primary oxide of nitrogen produced by diesel engines, which is colorless and odorless.
From Washington Post
Nitrogen monoxide, dioxide, trioxide, tetroaide, pentoxide.
From Project Gutenberg
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