Nitrous oxide

Drug ingredient

This drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 10024-97-2
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$75M
Top SourceChina 30%

The EPA did not publish how much of this chemical companies made or imported, or marked that amount confidential. Without that volume, ACID cannot calculate import dependency.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 281129 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 281129, which covers 8 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
CN 30%ChinaAT 23%AustriaPL 9%PolandCA 8%CanadaCZ 8%Czech Republic
EPA-registered importers (5)
Nippon Sanso Holdings · JP Japan
Showa Denko Kk · JP Japan
Linde
Matheson Tri-Gas
Showa Chemicals Of America
48 FDA-registered drug labelers
Aero All Gas Company
AGL Welding Supply Co., Inc.
AGP LLC
Air Source Industries
AIRGAS USA, LLC
Airtec Gases, LLC
All Gas & Welding Supplies Co., Inc.
American Welding & Gas
Analgesic Services Inc
Badger Welding Supplies, Inc.
Boggs Gases div. Boggs Fire Equipment
Central Welding Supply Company
Corrigan Propane LLC dba Blue Water Industrial Products
Crumpton Welding Supply & Equipment, Inc.
Deseret Biologicals, Inc.
DJB Gas Services, Inc
DuPuy Oxygen & Supply Company, Inc.
FULLERTON WELDING SUPPLY
General Air Service & Supply Co
General Welding Supply Corp.
Helget Gas Products
Holston Gases, Inc
ILMO Products Company
Keen Compressed Gas Co. Inc.
Lessors, Incorporated
Linde Gas & Equipment Inc.
Machine & Welding Supply Company dba Arc3 Gases South
Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc.
MAVERICK OXYGEN & RESPIRATORY EQUIPMENT, LLC
MEDICAL-TECHNICAL GASES, INC.
Metro Welding Supply Corporation
MITCHELL WELDING SUPPLY DBA Meritus Texas
Natural Creations, Inc.
NEXAIR, LLC
Nitrous Oxide
Nitrous Oxide of Canada
Norco, Inc
Oxarc, LLC
Quality Air Products Inc
Red Ball Oxygen Co., Inc.
Roberts Oxygen Company, Inc.
Spectrum Gas Products, Inc
United States Welding, Inc.
Volunteer Welding Supply Inc
WELSCO, INC.
Westair Gases & Equipment, Inc.
WSM SUPPLIER LLC.
Zorex International

Why It Matters

Sectors
HealthElectronics
Downstream Uses

Appears in 6 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

  • •Nitrous Oxide
  • •H.M.D.
  • •Pollutox
  • •Nitrous Oxide Oxygen Mix
  • •Alumizen
  • •Oxygen
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 1 sector as 3 functional roles.

  • •Etching agent in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
  • •Fillers in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
  • •Semiconductor and photovoltaic agent in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities

Chemical Identity

CAS10024-97-2
PubChem CID948
DTXSIDDTXSID8021066
FormulaN2O
Mol. Weight44.013 g/mol
SMILES[N-]=[N+]=O

Data Sources

DTXSID80210662026-04-06

https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

9482026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/948/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/948.json

10024-97-22026-04-24

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv

CAS 10024-97-22026-04-07

https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/

Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json

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