diazotize

American  

[dahy-az-uh-tahyz] / daɪˈæz əˌtaɪz /

especially British, diazotise

verb (used with object)

Chemistry.

diazotized, diazotizing

1. to cause diazotization.

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diazotize British  

/ daɪˈeɪzəˌtaɪz /

verb

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

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Other Word Forms

• diazotizability
  noun
• diazotization
  noun
• diazotizable
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of diazotize

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

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

diazotized diazotizing

The chemical change light effects in the diazotized primuline is not well known.

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

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

In other words, the diazotized primuline acts as a mordant only when not altered by the luminous action.

From Photographic Reproduction Processes by Duchochois, Peter C.

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.

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.