Other uses for nitrous oxide

Nitrous oxide is bacteriostatic (stops bacilli growth), fat acrid and does not leave residues, aftertaste or odor, which makes it advantageous as an aerosol propellant in the dairy industry. In aerated chrism cans, nitrous oxide is captivated beneath burden area it becomes a aqueous and alloyed with aqueous cream. If appear from the can, calm with the cream, nitrous oxide expands, bubbles the cream. Nitrous oxide works agnate if acclimated in appropriate aerated chrism dispensers.

In car racing, nitrous oxide is usually injected into the assimilation assorted in adjustment to access engine power. This is accomplished because nitrous oxide food added oxygen to the engine than air, acceptance the engine to plan faster, and because the nitrous oxide expands in the assimilation manifold, the temperature drops, authoritative a denser allegation possible. Nitrous oxide acclimated in car antagonism is attenuated with sulphur dioxide to abash animal burning and should not be acclimated recreationally.

Nitrous oxide has been acclimated medically as a balmy anaesthetic back 1863, in dentistry, anaplasty and childbirth. Nitrous oxide has replaced added medically acclimated anaesthetics (chloroform, diethyl ether), which accept a college toxicity. In a medical setting, nitrous oxide is usually administered through a affectation with 20% oxygen, to anticipate oxygen deprivation. Today, nitrous oxide is acclimated frequently in dentistry, in adjustment to aftermath analgesia or to calm down afraid patients. Nitrous oxide is aswell acclimated for analgesia in patients who are or are anticipation to be allergic to added analgesics (especially children).