Crossword clues for azide
The Collaborative International Dictionary
azide \azide\ n. 1. a compound containing the azido group combined with an element or radical.
azide \az"ide\ n. (Chem.) any chemical compound containing the azido group -N3, such as sodium azide (ionic and inorganic) or ethyl azide (organic and nonionic).
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context organic chemistry English) the univalent N3 radical or functional group or any ester containing this group 2 (context inorganic chemistry English) the N3- anion or any salt containing this anion
WordNet
n. a chemical compound containing the azido group combined with an element or radical
Wikipedia
Azide is the anion with the formula N. It is the conjugate base of hydrazoic acid (HN). N is a linear anion that is isoelectronic with CO, NCO, NO, NO and NCF. Per valence bond theory, azide can be described by several resonance structures, an important one being ^-N=\overset{+}N=N^-. Azide is also a functional group in organic chemistry, RN. The dominant application of azides is as a propellant in air bags.
Usage examples of "azide".
Internet treatise on poisons in general and sodium azide in particular.
It turns out that as far as sodium azide is concerned, ignorance is bliss.
Montoya had tracked down an Internet article that explained how various poisons, sodium azide included, present.
Inhaled sodium azide goes into the lungs and directly into the blood, where its molecules bond with oxygen molecules and render the oxygen unusable.
We have reason to believe Latisha Wall died as a result of sodium azide poisoning.
It would have taken time, effort, and ingenuity to put sodium azide in sweetener packets.
If you find any trace of sodium azide in the food inside the house, that adds one count of attempted murder as well.
Jack Brampton had gone to his death with an additional supply of sodium azide still in his possession, although Frank had apprised the Mexican officers of the possibility.
Ross Connors about the dangers of sodium azide, but what about the dangers of love?
Maiden Court had stood four-square to the wind since its first owner, a wild Norman nobleman, who had dug its first sod and had relished the battle to wrest its acres from the forest, had laid azide his battle dress and founded his family, and that was good enough for Harry.
The Joint Chiefs are preparing to rearm with tactical nukes and azide explosives.
The bullet she would fire contained frozen sodium azide, a metabolic inhibitor.
In addition to the nitric acid and glycerin Yousef mixed into nitro, he imported sodium azide, the primary explosive used to detonate airbags, along with mercury fulminate, another explosive.
How to make chloride of azode A good example of how ammonium nitrate can be chemically mixed with other substances, and impart its explosive qualities to these otherwise nonexplosive materials, is in the preparation of chloride of azode.
The droplets that remain at the bottom of the beaker are chloride of azode of nitrochloride.