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hydrazoic acid

NOUN
  1. a colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling

How To Use hydrazoic acid In A Sentence

  • This tiny rose (above) was made by mixing an exotic element with hydrazoic acid. Boing Boing
  • C_6H_5CONH·CH_2CONH·NH_2, and this substance is converted by nitrous acid into diazo-hippuramide, C_6H_5CONH·CH_2·CO·NH·N_2·OH, which is hydrolysed by the action of caustic alkalis with the production of salts of hydrazoic acid. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"
  • These compounds can be prepared from reduction of nitro compounds, by the action of nitric acid on amines, from compounds containing the carbonyl group (azines), and from the salts of hydrazoic acid (azide).
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