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Nitrous oxide

N2O Colorless, sweet-tasting gas, boiling at_90_C; slightly soluble in water, soluble in alcohol; used as a food aerosol, and as an anaesthetic in dentistry and surgery. Also known as laughing gas; nitrogen monoxide.

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