Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Peroxyacetyl nitrate is a peroxyacyl nitrate. It is a secondary pollutant present in photochemical smog. It is thermally unstable and decomposes into peroxyethanoyl radicals and nitrogen dioxide gas. It is a lachrymatory substance.Peroxyacetyl nitrate or PAN is an oxidant more stable than ozone. Hence it is better capable of long-range transport than ozone.
