nitrous acid in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for nitrous acid in the English»French Dictionary

nitrous acid N

nitrous acid

acide m nitreux

Translations for nitrous acid in the English»French Dictionary

nitrous [Brit ˈnʌɪtrəs, Am ˈnaɪtrəs] ADJ

nitrous

nitreux/-euse

I.acid [Brit ˈasɪd, Am ˈæsəd] N

1. acid CHEM:

acid

acide m

acid content

teneur f en acide

acid level

taux m d'acidité

2. acid (drug):

acid inf

acide m inf

II.acid [Brit ˈasɪd, Am ˈæsəd] ADJ

1. acid (sour):

acid taste, rock, soil

acide

2. acid fig:

acid tone

aigre

acid remark

caustique

nitrous acid in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for nitrous acid in the English»French Dictionary

nitrous [ˈnaɪtrəs] ADJ

1. nitrous (of or containing nitrogen):

nitrous

d'azote

2. nitrous (of nitre):

nitrous

nitreux(-euse)

I.acid [ˈæsɪd] N

1. acid CHEM:

acid

acide m

2. acid no pl inf (LSD):

acid

acide m

II.acid [ˈæsɪd] ADJ

1. acid CHEM:

acid

acide

acid rain

pluies acides

acid stomach

acidité gastrique

2. acid (sour-tasting):

acid

acide

acid drop

bonbon acidulé

3. acid (sarcastic):

acid

caustique

acid remark

acerbe

acid voice

aigre

4. acid (conclusive):

acid test

épreuve décisive

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Nitrous acid is used to destroy toxic and potentially explosive sodium azide.

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The presence of nitrous acid can cause transition mutations, by converting cytosine to uracil.

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Nitrogen dioxide is hydrated to produce nitrous acid which then oxidizes the sulfur dioxide to sulfuric acid and nitric oxide.

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If the nitrous acid is not then used up quickly, it decomposes into nitric oxide and nitric acid.

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The monooxime 28 (at the more hindered ketone group) was synthesised from the dioxime by selective hydrolysis (nitrous acid / acetic acid).

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