What is "azodicarbonamide"

n. (context chemistry English) An organic chemical, a yellow to orange red, odorless, crystalline powder, used in food industry as a food additive, a flour bleaching agent and improving agent and in foaming plastics.

Azodicarbonamide, or azo(bis)formamide, is a chemical compound with the molecular formula CHON. It is a yellow to orange-red, odorless, crystalline powder.