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ˈhaɪ drəˌzinhy·drazine

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. hydrazinenoun

    a colorless fuming corrosive liquid; a powerful reducing agent; used chiefly in rocket fuels

Wiktionary

  1. hydrazinenoun

    A corrosive, fuming liquid, NH-NH, used as a rocket fuel.

  2. hydrazinenoun

    Any member of the class of organic compounds formally derived from NH-NH.

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  1. hydrazine

    Hydrazine is a colorless, oily, fuming liquid with an ammonia-like odor, considered a strong reducing agent. It is a compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula N2H4. Hydrazine is highly toxic and dangerously unstable unless handled in solution. It is mainly used as a foaming agent in preparing polymer foams, but also has major applications in various fields such as spacecraft propulsion and in the production of pharmaceuticals.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Hydrazinenoun

    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

  2. Etymology: [Hydr- + azo- + -ine.]

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  1. Hydrazine

    Hydrazine is an inorganic compound with the formula N2H4. It is a colourless flammable liquid with an ammonia-like odor. Hydrazine is highly toxic and dangerously unstable unless handled in solution. As of 2002, approximately 260,000 tons were manufactured annually. Hydrazine is mainly used as a foaming agent in preparing polymer foams, but significant applications also include its uses as a precursor to polymerization catalysts and pharmaceuticals. Additionally, hydrazine is used in various rocket fuels and to prepare the gas precursors used in air bags. Hydrazine is used within both nuclear and conventional electrical power plant steam cycles to control concentrations of dissolved oxygen in an effort to reduce corrosion.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hydrazine in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hydrazine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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