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  Nicaragua-cordoba oro (currency)

• Nitric-oxide

  noun, Chemistry. 1. a colorless, slightly water-soluble gas, NO, formed by the action of dilute nitric acid on copper, and by the direct combination of atmospheric oxygen and nitrogen at the high temperatures of an electric arc: an intermediate in the manufacture of nitric acid. noun 1. a colourless slightly soluble gas forming red fumes […]

• Nitridation

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• Nitride

  [nahy-trahyd, -trid] /ˈnaɪ traɪd, -trɪd/ noun, Chemistry. 1. a compound, containing two elements only, of which the more electronegative one is nitrogen. /ˈnaɪtraɪd/ noun 1. a compound of nitrogen with a more electropositive element, for example magnesium nitride, Mg3N2 nitride ni·tride (nī’trīd’) n. A compound containing nitrogen with another more electropositive element, such as phosphorus […]

• Nitriding

  [nahy-trahy-ding] /ˈnaɪ traɪ dɪŋ/ noun, Metallurgy. 1. a process of casehardening in which nitrogen is introduced into the metal by keeping it at a suitable temperature in the presence of a nitrogen source. /ˈnaɪtraɪdɪŋ/ noun 1. a type of case-hardening in which steel is heated for long periods in ammonia vapour so that nitrogen produced […]

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