hydrazine

[ hahy-druh-zeen ]

noun

Also called diamine. a colorless, oily, fuming liquid, N2H4, that is a weak base in solution and forms a large number of salts resembling ammonium salts: used chiefly as a reducing agent and a jet-propulsion fuel.
a class of substances derived by replacing one or more hydrogen atoms in hydrazine by an organic group.

Origin of hydrazine

First recorded in 1885–90; hydr-² + az- + -ine²

Words Nearby hydrazine

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How to use hydrazine in a sentence

The telescope has 20 small thrusters for maneuvering and will be filled with about 240 liters of hydrazine fuel and dinitrogen tetroxide oxidizer.
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Another portion of the solution gave a slight precipitate with phenyl hydrazine in the cold.
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On digestion of its warm aqueous solution with warm dilute sulphuric acid, hydrazine sulphate and oxalic acid are obtained.
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For example, glucose reacts with phenyl hydrazine in acetic acid solution, in two stages.
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While they're unloading the G-boat, I wish you'd get the tanks refilled with hydrazine and nitric acid.
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"If we had a franchise, we could force Space Fuels to sell us hydrazine," said Deveet unhappily.
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British Dictionary definitions for hydrazine

hydrazine

/ (ˈhaɪdrəˌziːn, -zɪn) /

noun

a colourless basic liquid made from sodium hypochlorite and ammonia: a strong reducing agent, used chiefly as a rocket fuel. Formula: N 2 H 4

Origin of hydrazine

C19: from hydro- + azo- + -ine ²

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Scientific definitions for hydrazine

hydrazine

[ hī′drə-zēn′, -zĭn ]

A colorless, fuming, corrosive liquid with an odor like ammonia that is a powerful reducing agent. It can be combined with organic compounds to form jet and rocket fuels and is also used to make explosives, fungicides, medicines, and photographic chemicals. Chemical formula: N2H4.

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