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N2O, this is a by-product of biological activity of a symbiotic
bacteria living in leguminous plant roots. It is a principal greenhouse gas that
absorbs in the infrared wavelength region and unfortunately falls in an IR
"window" between IR absorbing features of water and carbon dioxide (a
characteristic of all the "trace" greenhouse gases with significant radiative
forcing). It is also laughing gas used in medicine as a gentle general
anesthetic.
[Nature; v335; 528-529; 1988] [Atmospheric sulfur and nitrogen
oxides; George Hidy; p13; 1986;Academic press: New York]
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