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Nitrogen dioxide

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Properties

General

Name Nitrogen dioxide
Chemical formula NO2
Appearance brown/orange gas

Physical

Formula weight 46.01 amu
Melting point -263.85 K (9.3 °C)
Boiling point -252.00 K (21.15 °C)
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Thermochemistry

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SI units were used where possible. Unless otherwise stated, standard conditions were used.

Disclaimer and references

The chemical compound nitrogen dioxide is an orange/brown gas and smells rather disgustingly (biting), though characteristical. It is poisonous.

Nitric oxide (NO) spontaneously produces the dioxide when exposed to air:

2 NO + O2 --> NO2

It is also generated in various reactions by nitric acid, e.g. when metals, such as Copper or Silver, are exposed to nitric acid.

It reacts, even at normal temperature & pressure, with water, where it disproportionates to nitric and nitrous acid. That reaction is used in the Ostwald process.

Vapor pressure, mmHg: 400 @ 80 oC
Vapor density (air=1): 1.58
Specific gravity/density: 1.4494 at 20°C
Solubility in water: Reacts
Odor threshold: 2.0 mg/m3
Heat of vaporization: 9.110 kcal/mole