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Study Note - Climate Change – Nitrous Oxide by Sector
Nitrous Oxide (N20) is an oxide of nitrogen that is often used in surgery and dentistry for its analgesic and anaesthetic effects. Nitrous oxide also gives rise to nitric oxide (NO) on reaction with oxygen atoms, which, in turn, reacts with ozone, making nitrous oxide a major, naturally occurring regulator of stratospheric ozone. Nitrous oxide is also a major greenhouse gas as it is very effective at absorbing long-wave radiation.