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Definition of Hydrazine

1. Noun. A colorless fuming corrosive liquid; a powerful reducing agent; used chiefly in rocket fuels.

Definition of Hydrazine

1. n. Any one of a series of nitrogenous bases, resembling the amines and produced by the reduction of certain nitroso and diazo compounds; as, methyl hydrazine, phenyl hydrazine, etc. They are derivatives of hydrazine proper, H₂N.NH₂, which is a doubled amido group, recently (1887) isolated as a stable, colorless gas, with a peculiar, irritating odor. As a base it forms distinct salts. Called also diamide, amidogen, (or more properly diamidogen), etc.

Definition of Hydrazine

1. Noun. (inorganic compound uncountable) A corrosive, fuming liquid, NH₂-NH₂, used as a rocket fuel. ¹

2. Noun. (organic chemistry countable) Any member of the class of organic compounds formally derived from NH₂-NH₂. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hydrazine

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Medical Definition of Hydrazine

1. Any one of a series of nitrogenous bases, resembling the amines and produced by the reduction of certain nitroso and diazo compounds; as, methyl hydrazine, phenyl hydrazine, etc. They are derivatives of hydrazine proper, H2N.NH2, which is a doubled amido group, recently (1887) isolated as a stable, colourless gas, with a peculiar, irritating odour. As a base it forms distinct salts. Synonym: diamide, amidogen, (or more properly diamidogen), etc. Origin: Hydr- + azo- + -ine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Hydrazine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer, Harold Govett Colman, Arthur Harden (1907)
"hydrazine SALTS. 192 hydrazine, N,H4, like ammonia, readily combines with acids to form salts, which may for convenience be described here, although they do ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1912)
"densities, hydrazine percarbonate, a substance hitherto unprepared, might be formed. While it was not expected that the compound would be sufficiently ..."

3. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen (1892)
"THE name hydrazine was first applied by E. Fischer to a hypothetical base, ... hydrazine is obtained by the decomposition of triazo-acetic acid by heating ..."

4. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1908)
"In a recent article in the Journal of Biological Chemistry2 is reported a study of the influence of hydrazine upon the intermediary metabolism in the dog, ..."

5. A Dictionary of Chemical Solubilities: Inorganic by Arthur Messinger Comey, Dorothy Anna Hahn (1921)
"hydrazine cuprous bromide chloride, hydrazine mercuric bromide, ... hydrazine carbonate. SI. sol. in alcohol. (Curtius and Jay, J. pr. 1889, (2) 39. 41. ..."

6. The Practical Methods of Organic Chemistry by Ludwig Gattermann (1898)
"Free phenyl hydrazine separates out as an oil, it is taken up with ether, ... For the later experiments the phenyl hydrazine thus obtained can be used ..."

7. A Textbook of Organic Chemistry by Joseph Scudder Chamberlain (1921)
"This is known as phenyl hydrazine, and it stands intermediate between diamide ... As diamide is known also as hydrazine its phenyl derivative is known as ..."

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