English Dictionary

nitrogen dioxide

名詞

不可算名詞

(inorganic chemistry) The binary compound NO₂, a brownish gas that is a poisonous air pollutant; it exists in equilibrium with dinitrogen tetroxide.

日本語の意味

無機化学の分野で用いられる化合物で、化学式NO₂を持つ二酸化窒素を指す。褐色のガスで、毒性のある大気汚染物質であり、四酸化二窒素（N₂O₄）との平衡状態にある。

The factory was fined after inspectors detected high concentrations of nitrogen dioxide in the exhaust.

検査官が排気中に高濃度の二酸化窒素を検出したため、その工場は罰金を科された。

意味（1）

(inorganic chemistry) The binary compound NO₂, a brownish gas that is a poisonous air pollutant; it exists in equilibrium with dinitrogen tetroxide.

Black carbon is the sooty material ejected from diesel engines in their exhaust gases. RSSB notes that it can cause lung diseases. Nitrogen dioxide is also a product of burning diesel and can effect people's lungs.