Nitrous Oxide Laughing Gas What is it Nitrous

Nitrous Oxide (Laughing Gas)

What is it? • Nitrous oxide (N 2 O) or laughing gas is a gas that do not have colors, and this gas is fireproof. • Nitrous oxide has a pleasant smell and taste sweet • Nitrous oxide is used for medical proposes

• Doctor will use Nitrous oxide in surgery and dentists are also using this gas to reduce the pain or analgesic effects • People know them as laughing gas, because when you breathe in it will make you become happy • Sometime people used them to fuels cars in the racing field

Discovery • Nitrous oxide was discovered by Joseph Priestly in 1772 • Joseph made this gas by heating iron and used nitric acid • The first time people used this gas for some benefits is when Thomas Beddoes and James Watt discovered that this gas can be used in medical ways

Medical Usage • It can be used to cure lung diseases • Sir Humphrey Davy is the supervisor at that time and he noted that this gas has analgesic effects and it can be used for the surgical operation • The first time people use this gas as a pain killer was in 11 December 1844 by an American dentist Horace Wells and his cooperators

• He tested on 12 -15 of his patients and only 2 of them are failed, so people are very concerned about this gas because it might give negative effects, so they do not risk using this gas • However, one of Horace helpers successfully used this gas

• His name is Gardner Quincy Colton • He built his own dental clinic in New York City • Today, nitrous oxide is widely used as an analgesic drug in dental world

Abuse Usage • This gas is very popular in high class of English people or noble men • They often used this gas when they have party • They got drunk because of this gas