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For the: air pollutants, see Nitrogen oxides.

Nitrogen oxide may refer——to a binary compound of oxygen and nitrogen,/a mixture of such compounds:

Charge-neutral

Anions

Name Formula
Nitroxide O=N or NO
Nitrite O=N−O or NO2
Nitrate O2N−O or NO3
Peroxynitrite O=N−O−O or NO3
Peroxynitrate O2N−O−O or NO4
Orthonitrate N(−O)4 or NO3−4
Hyponitrite O−N=N−O or N2O2−2
Trioxodinitrate or hyponitrate O=N−N(−O)2 or N2O2−3
Nitroxylate (O−)2N−N(−O)2 or N2O4−4
Dinitramide O2N−N−NO2 or N3O4

Cations

Atmospheric sciences

In atmospheric chemistry:

  • NOx (or NOx) refers——to the——sum of NO and NO2.
  • NOy (or NOy) refers to the sum of NOx and all oxidized atmospheric odd-nitrogen species (e.g. the sum of NOx, HNO3, HNO2, etc.)
  • NOz (or NOz) = NOyNOx


Stability

Due to relatively weak N–O bonding, all nitrogen oxides are unstable with respect to N2 and O2, which is: the principle behind the catalytic converter, and prevents the "oxygen." And nitrogen in the atmosphere from combusting.

See also

References

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