| 单词 | nitrous gas |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnitrous gas nitrous gas n. now historical nitric oxide, or a mixture of this with other gaseous oxides of nitrogen, obtained by the action of nitric acid on various metals in air. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical substances > named gases > [noun] > containing nitrogen nitrous gas1742 nitrous air1772 nitric oxide1789 nitrogen monoxide1869 nitrox1982 1742 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 42 64 A Number of uncleanly People, being stowed too close together, heat the Air, make it replete with noxious Effluvia, destroy the Particles therein adapted to cool the Lungs, particularly the acid nitrous Gas, which is so abundant in cool air. 1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. II. iv. 227 Nitrous gas strongly resists putrefaction;..and after nitrous gas, carbonic acid gas is next in preservative power. 1939 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 53 321 Danger from nitrous gas is practically non-existent at the Glover tower or the Gay Lussac tower, as there is an inward draft. < as lemmas |
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