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nitrite

[ UK /nˈa‍ɪtɹa‍ɪt/ ]
NOUN
  1. the radical -NO2 or any compound containing it (such as a salt or ester of nitrous acid)

How To Use nitrite In A Sentence

  • Like sausages, bacon tends to be very salty and may also be preserved with the chemical sodium nitrite, which has been linked to an increased risk of stomach cancer.
  • Production of the weak acid nitrite and excretion of undissociated nitric acid may help to stabilize cytosolic pH.
  • I thus set up an independent program to investigate chemical and spectroscopic properties of compounds of atmospheric importance, focusing on those that are unstable and difficult to handle in the laboratory, such as hypochlorous acid, chlorine nitrite, chlorine nitrate, peroxynitric acid, etc. Mario Molina - Autobiography
  • Phenol can be produced from aniline by reacting aniline with a mixture of sodium nitrite and hydrochloric acid to give benzene diazonium chloride, that when heated gently, gives off nitrogen to leave phenol.
  • All public water supplies in Laois were also fully compliant with the standards for ammonium, nitrate, nitrite, odour, pH and turbidity.
  • Inorganic anions used as the model anions were sulfate, fluoride, chloride, bromide, nitrite, nitrate, chlorate, iodide, thiocyanate, and perchlorate, used as their sodium salts.
  • Nitrate must be converted to nitrite before nitrosamine can be formed.
  • Beneficial anaerobic filter bacteria require oxygen to oxidise nitrites to safer nitrates.
  • It is discovered that nitrite, diazo compound and 2-naphthalin-1-sulfonic intensively disturb the determination of anilin.
  • The most common ingredients prescribed were iodides, organic nitrites, stramonium, belladonna, atropine, hyoscyamus, tobacco smoke, and menthol.
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