hydrazine

[ hahy-druh-zeen ]

noun

1. Also called diamine. a colorless, oily, fuming liquid, N 2 H 4 , that is a weak base in solution and forms a large number of salts resembling ammonium salts: used chiefly as a reducing agent and a jet-propulsion fuel.
2. a class of substances derived by replacing one or more hydrogen atoms in hydrazine by an organic group.

hydrazine

/ ˈhaɪdrəˌziːn; -zɪn /

noun

1. a colourless basic liquid made from sodium hypochlorite and ammonia: a strong reducing agent, used chiefly as a rocket fuel. Formula: N 2 H 4

hydrazine

/ hī′drə-zēn′,-zĭn /

1. A colorless, fuming, corrosive liquid with an odor like ammonia that is a powerful reducing agent. It can be combined with organic compounds to form jet and rocket fuels and is also used to make explosives, fungicides, medicines, and photographic chemicals. Chemical formula: N 2 H 4 .

Word History and Origins

Origin of hydrazine¹

First recorded in 1885–90; hydr- ² + az- + -ine ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of hydrazine¹

C19: from hydro- + azo- + -ine ²

Example Sentences

The telescope has 20 small thrusters for maneuvering and will be filled with about 240 liters of hydrazine fuel and dinitrogen tetroxide oxidizer.

From Ars Technica

Another portion of the solution gave a slight precipitate with phenyl hydrazine in the cold.

From Project Gutenberg

On digestion of its warm aqueous solution with warm dilute sulphuric acid, hydrazine sulphate and oxalic acid are obtained.

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For example, glucose reacts with phenyl hydrazine in acetic acid solution, in two stages.

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While they're unloading the G-boat, I wish you'd get the tanks refilled with hydrazine and nitric acid.

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"If we had a franchise, we could force Space Fuels to sell us hydrazine," said Deveet unhappily.

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