Nitrous acid Moderate

Nitrous acid has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

an unstable inorganic acid known only in solution and as nitrite salts

nitrous acid

A weak acid, HNO₂, known only in solution, or as its salts and esters, the nitrites; it has a linear structure, H-O-N=O

See Also

hydroxidooxidonitrogen nitrite solution ricinelaidin salt sodium nitrite nitrous linear

Related Terms

hydroxidooxidonitrogen nitrite solution ricinelaidin salt sodium nitrite nitrous linear nitric acid weak diazotization ester nitranilic acid potassium nitrite isoamyl nitrite amyl nitrite dinitrogen trioxide structure

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

acid

Rhyming Words

cid acid scid picid arcid alcid mucid lucid ficid lycid coccid esocid odacid marcid muscid raucid chacid viscid caecid diacid

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