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- From: kirk@ctms.gwinnett.com (R. Kirk Waterhouse)
- Subject: Re: Nitrous Oxide
- Organization: Consolidated Traffic Management Services (CTMS)
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 22:55:59 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.225559.5647@ctms.gwinnett.com>
- References: <jah.721400175@mits> <1992Nov14.081216.15844@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
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- In article <1992Nov14.081216.15844@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com> billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson) writes:
- >jah@mits.mdata.fi (Jani A. Heinonen) writes:
- >:
- >: >Those little cannisters contain Nitrogen Dioxide which is NO2.
- >:
- >: I have never bought or seen the little canisters, but NO2 reacts with water
- >: to form nitric acid (HNO3), which at least I wouldn't want to eat in my
- >: birthday cake. Therefore it can be assumed that the little canisters, supposing
- >: that they are intended for food production, do not contain nitrogen dioxide.
- >
- >Actually, NO2 is very poorly soluble in water. However, you only find NO2 at
- >elevated temperatures - otherwise, it is a mixture of NO2 and N2O4. The
- >peroxide is quite soluble in water.
- >
- >You did, mostly.
- >
- >: Wow, it's so awesome to play expert. Hopefully *I* got my facts right.
- >
- >Bill
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- Don't know if you got your facts right but Nitrous Oxide is N20
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