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Nitrogen monoxide — Edexcel GCSE Chemistry Definition | GradeGen

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GCSE Chemistry · key term

Nitrogen monoxide

Definition

An oxide of nitrogen with the formula $\mathrm{NO}$ , formed when nitrogen and oxygen react at very high temperatures.

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Edexcel GCSE Chemistry · 1CH0

Specification 8.13 · Paper 2

Revise: Oxides of Nitrogen

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