dinitrogen tetroxide

English

Noun

dinitrogen tetroxide (uncountable)

1. (inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of nitrogen and oxygen, N₂O₄, that exists in equilibrium with nitrogen dioxide NO₂; it is a powerful oxidizing agent and is used in rocket propellants.

Synonyms

• nitrogen tetroxide
• N₂O₄ (chemical formula)
• NTO

Translations

binary compound nitrogen and oxygen, N₂O₄

• Danish: dinitrogentetroxid
• Finnish: typpitetraoksidi
• French: peroxyde d’azote (fr) m
• German: distickstofftetroxid
• Italian: tetrossido di diazoto m
• Norwegian: dinitrogentetraoksid
• Polish: tetratlenek diazotu
• Portuguese: tetróxido de nitrogênio m
• Russian: тетраоксид диазота (tetraoksid diazota)
• Spanish: tetróxido de dinitrógeno m
• Swedish: kvävetetroxid