Talk:Nitrogen oxide

NOx should have its own page

Given the atmospheric importance of NO and NO2 which have a fast cycle coupling them and the regulatory use of NOx for the sum of NO plus NO2 (in atmospheric chemistry other oxides of nitrogen are not part of NOx) I do not think that NOx should be part of the Nitrogen oxide page. I therefore call for the reinstatement of the NOx page.--NHSavage 07:19, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

Agree. The majority of this page is currently discussion about NOx instead of Nitrogen oxides in general. I've inserted a tag at the appropriate location. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Grayob (talk • contribs) 13:51, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Agree. I will split it. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 03:52, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Other NxOy compounds?

Should Nitrosylazide and Nitrous oxide be added to the page?Naraht (talk) 14:25, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

More than just disabmig

This article needs to be more than just a disambig page. A reader coming here to find out more about some nitrogen oxide or other may be surprised to find there are so many and have no idea which of them is the one they want to learn more about. A short discussion of their comparative properties, uses and any common names or other distinguishing characteristics would be very helpful in recognising the context which brought the reader here. — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 15:19, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

I suppose so. But with the common source being internal combustion engines producing a mixture of most of them, it is reasonable to have an article on them together. Well, the common term for car exhaust is NOx, so maybe an article more specific to engine exhaust would be useful. Otherwise, why isn't the article title plural, since it refers to all of them? Gah4 (talk) 22:50, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

Clarification needed (definition) of "binary compound"

The article currently states: "Nitrogen oxide may refer to a binary compound of oxygen and nitrogen....". However I cannot see it explained what "binary compound" actually means. "Binary compound" links to the binary phase [phase] page which is also confusing or maybe plain wrong. (I will explain with a note on that page's talk section too). I did some chemistry, but not as a major, so someone else could better fix this. I suspect the word PHASE in chemistry refers to phases such as solid, liquid, and gas. Nitrogen oxide exists in different ways e.g. NO₂, NO, N₂O etc. and I wonder if that is what the original sentence was suggesting? A similar concept to polymorphism, but i can't find the correct term at the moment! DrWhyisitso (talk) 02:34, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

I added 'binary compounds' to binary compound (which redirects to binary phase). It just means the molecule is made up of 2 types of atoms - in this case nitrogen and oxygen.  Stepho  talk  12:07, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

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