nitrite
IPA: nˈaɪtraɪt
noun
- (chemistry) Any salt or ester of nitrous acid.
- (chemistry) The univalent radical -NO₂, and the anion NO₂⁻
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Examples of "nitrite" in Sentences
- These two kinds are known as the nitrite bacteria and the nitrate bacteria.
- There is a substance called nitrite of amyl, known to many as a medicine for heart disease.
- There is a liquid called nitrite of amyl -- frequently administered to patients suffering from heart disease.
- It contains salt, sugar, sodium nitrate and sodium nitrite as curing agents, and propylene glycol to keep the mixture uniform.
- In his manifesto, Breivik describes a purchase of sodium nitrite from Poland, saying he "was concerned about customs seizing the package."
- Dr. Richardson's success in bringing before physicians the remarkable medicinal agent known as nitrite of amyl, led to a request from the British Association for the
- Over the next few minutes, Snyder gave the president amyl nitrite to sniff and injections of papaverine hydrochloride, morphine tartrate, heparin, and, later, a second shot of morphine.
- Nitrification, a chemoautotrophic process, is carried out by a consortium of bacteria and involves production of intermediates such as nitrite (NO2 -), and nitrous oxide (N2O) as a byproduct.
- Also last week, police arrested 12 people in the northeast China city of Shenyang after finding sodium nitrite, a toxic chemical that makes vegetables grow faster, in bean sprouts, according to the Shenyang Municipal Public Security Bureau.
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