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Which of the following oxides of nitrogen is known as laughing gas?A. Dinnitrogen trioxideB. Dinitrogen oxideC. Dinitrogen monoxideD. Dinitrogen tetroxide

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When inhaled in moderate quantity,`N_(2)O` produces hysterical laughter, hence named as laughing gas. However, when inhaled for long, it produces insensibility and may prove fatal too.
Nitrous oxide `(N_(2)O)` is nontoxic in small amounts but all the other nitrogen oxides are highly toxic.


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