nitrogen pentoxide
noun
A colourless solid, N2O5 (or NO2 +.NO3 −), which is a strong oxidizing agent that reacts with water to form nitric acid (also called dinitrogen pentoxide).
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Henry Roscoe (1833–1915), chemist and university administrator.
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