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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(Also known as odd nitrogen species.) Reactive forms of [[nitrogen]] comprising [[nitric oxide]], NO, and [[nitrogen dioxide]], NO<sub>2</sub>; usually designated by [[NO<sub>x</sub>]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">These oxides of are responsible for [[ozone]] formation in the [[troposphere]] and play a major part in ozone loss in the [[stratosphere]]. The major sources of active nitrogen in the [[atmosphere]] are combustion, soil emissions, [[lightning]], and the reaction of [[nitrous oxide]] with excited [[oxygen]] atoms in the stratosphere.</div><br/> </div> | <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(Also known as odd nitrogen species.) Reactive forms of [[nitrogen]] comprising [[nitric oxide|nitric oxide]], NO, and [[nitrogen dioxide]], NO<sub>2</sub>; usually designated by [[NO<sub>x</sub>]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">These oxides of are responsible for [[ozone]] formation in the [[troposphere]] and play a major part in ozone loss in the [[stratosphere]]. The major sources of active nitrogen in the [[atmosphere]] are combustion, soil emissions, [[lightning]], and the reaction of [[nitrous oxide]] with excited [[oxygen]] atoms in the stratosphere.</div><br/> </div> | ||
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active nitrogen[edit | edit source]
(Also known as odd nitrogen species.) Reactive forms of nitrogen comprising nitric oxide, NO, and nitrogen dioxide, NO2; usually designated by [[NOx]].
These oxides of are responsible for ozone formation in the troposphere and play a major part in ozone loss in the stratosphere. The major sources of active nitrogen in the atmosphere are combustion, soil emissions, lightning, and the reaction of nitrous oxide with excited oxygen atoms in the stratosphere.
