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Nitric oxide becomes brown when released in air.

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When nitric oxide, NO is released in air, it becomes brown due to the formation of NO_2 (nitrogen dioxide), which is a brown gas.

2 NO (g)+ O _2(g) \longrightarrow 2 NO _2(g)

(Brown)

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