sodium nitrite

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noun

Chemistry. a yellowish or white crystalline compound, NaNO2, soluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol and ether: used in the manufacture of dyes and as a color fixative.

Nutrition. this compound added to food as a preservative and for flavor and color, especially in pork, fish, and beef products: implicated in the formation of suspected carcinogens.

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Also called nitrite.

Origin of sodium nitrite

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby sodium nitrite

sodium meta-arsenite, sodium metasilicate, sodium methylate, sodium monoxide, sodium nitrate, sodium nitrite, sodium pentothal, sodium perborate, sodium peroxide, sodium phosphate, sodium polysulfide

How to use sodium nitrite in a sentence

HCl, cooled in ice, and diazotized with sodium nitrite solution, until starch iodide paper showed excess nitrous acid.
Synthesis of 2-methyl-4-selenoquinazolone, 2-phenylbenzoselenazole, and its derivatives|Y-Gwan Chen
The following are well-known synthetic indicators: hacmoid, obtained from resorcin and sodium nitrite, resembles litmus.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 4|Various
It is an easy matter to obtain sodium nitrite (NaNO2), as the reaction given on the previous page indicates.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry|William McPherson
It consists essentially in the use of an acidulated bath of sodium nitrite.
The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics|Franklin Beech

Sodium nitrite may lower the blood pressure but the effects will have worn off in two hours.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:|Louis Marshall Warfield