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diazotize

American  
[dahy-az-uh-tahyz] / daɪˈæz əˌtaɪz /
especially British, diazotise

verb (used with object)

Chemistry.
diazotized, diazotizing
  1. to cause diazotization.


diazotize British  
/ daɪˈeɪzəˌtaɪz /

verb

  1. (tr) to cause (an aryl amine) to react with nitrous acid to produce a diazonium salt

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of diazotize

First recorded in 1885–90; di- 1 + azote + -ize

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Some Direct Colours, indeed, are of little value, owing, for example, to their sensibility to acids, until they have been diazotized and developed, the usual developers being β-naphthol, resorcinol, phenol and phenylene-diamine.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various

Replacement of -NH2 by -OH:—The amine is diazotized and the aqueous solution of the diazonium salt is heated, nitrogen being eliminated and a phenol formed.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various

As said above, primuline is transformed by nitrous oxide into a diazotized compound, and consequently the material is now susceptible of being acted on by light.

From Photographic Reproduction Processes by Duchochois, Peter C.

The diazotized material should not be exposed to light, but at once washed in cold water and passed into the developer.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various

The developing process consists in working the diazotized material for 5 to 10 minutes in a cold solution of the necessary phenol, and finally washing with water.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various

Paranitraniline red, a very bright red material largely used in tinting paints, is prepared by diazotizing paranitraniline in hydrochloric acid by means of sodium nitrite in the cold.

From Paint Technology and Tests by Gardner, Henry A.

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