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Nitrous acid

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hyponitrous acidnoun(inorganic chemistry) The unstable compound HNO
nitric acidnoun(inorganic chemistry) A transparent, colorless to pale yellow, fuming corrosive liquid, HNO₃; a highly reactive oxidizing agent used in the production of fertilizers, explosives, and rocket fuels and in a wide variety of industrial processes; once called aqua fortis.
nitrolic acidnoun(organic chemistry) any compound having the general formula RC(=NOH)NO₂
orthonitric acidnoun(inorganic chemistry) hypothetical acid H₃NO₄
nitritenoun(chemistry) Any salt or ester of nitrous acid.
nitrosolic acidnoun(chemistry) any compound of general formula R-C(=NOH)NO
hydrogen nitratenoun(inorganic chemistry) nitric acid
peroxynitrous acidnoun(chemistry) The conjugate acid of peroxynitrite, with chemical formula HNO₃.
peroxynitric acidnoun(chemistry) An oxoacid of nitrogen with the chemical formula HNO₄
nitratenoun(chemistry) Any salt or ester of nitric acid.
hyponitritenoun(inorganic chemistry) The oxyanion of nitrogen NO⁻ derived from hyponitrous acid; any salt containing this anion
nitricnounNitric acid.
nitrous airnoun(chemistry, now historical) Nitric oxide, NO.
nitrosylnoun(inorganic chemistry) The univalent radical -NO (one nitrogen and one oxygen atom)
nitrosoniumnoun(inorganic chemistry) The cation NO⁺ derived from nitric oxide
nitronic acidnoun(organic chemistry) azinic acid
sodium nitritenoun(chemistry) The sodium salt of nitrous acid, NaNO₂; used as a food preservative and in many industrial applications.
nitronoun(uncountable, chemistry) The univalent NO₂ functional group.
nitronatenoun(organic chemistry) Any dipolar organic compound of general formula R₂C=N⁺(OH)(O⁻)
nitroalaninenoun(organic chemistry) The amino acid NO₂CH₂CH(NH₂)CO₂H

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