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From: zarifes@bnrmtv.UUCP (Kenneth Zarifes)
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Subject: Re: SRB destruction
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Date: Tue, 11-Feb-86 16:45:44 EST
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> people who really ought to know better. Before you answer somebody's
> question with an air of authority, check your references! Then quote
> them.
> 
> actually a equilibrium mixture of N2O4 and NO2, nitrogen dioxide. The former
> is colorless, the latter reddish-brown, and the proportions depend on
> temperature.  Chemists are more likely to call it "nitrogen dioxide", which
> definitely *is* in the Merck Index.
 
Chemists are more likely to call NO2 "nitric oxide".  Check your references.

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