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A can of whipped cream uses nitrous oxide , an anesthetic, as a propellant.
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For instance, he taught me how to use nitrous oxide for its effect in combating physical pain.
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Increasing atmospheric levels of nitrous oxide currently stand at about eight percent above pre-industrial levels.
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It would also reduce sulphur dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions, which cause acid rain, by 42,000 tonnes.
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Once produced, nitrous oxide remains in the atmosphere for about 150 years.
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Other reactive trace gases such as nitrous oxide and methyl iodide also remain at elevated and aberrant levels.
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The cocktail of greenhouse gases includes chlorofluorocarbons, methane, nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide.
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The researchers have found nylon production to be responsible for up to 10 percent of the increase in nitrous oxide .