N2O

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Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for life, but when overused in agriculture and other applications it can harm water quality or be emitted as the potent greenhouse gas nitrous oxide, or N2O.

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2024

"N2O is essentially an intermediate species in the combustion process," Mueller said.

From Science Daily • Nov. 13, 2023

The results are important for strategies to reduce the negative impact of N2O emissions from oil palm cultivation by selecting appropriate locations and improving plantation management.

From Science Daily • Oct. 4, 2023

Of particular interest are the oxidations of ammonium ion by nitrite ion, to yield pure nitrogen and by nitrate ion to yield nitrous oxide, N2O.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

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