nitrite
noun/ˈnaɪ.tɹaɪt/
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Chemistry, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Any salt or ester of nitrous acid.
- John Birdsall, a scientist for the American Meat Institute, said that there were no industry qualms about trying to lower the nitrite amounts even farther. For centuries, some form of nitrites have been used to cure and to preserve bacon and to give it a pink color.1978 May 16, Seth S. King, “Nitrate Reduction Ordered in Bacon”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
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Chemistry, Natural sciences, Physical sciences The univalent radical -NO₂, and the anion NO₂⁻
- Derived terms
- alkyl nitrite, amyl nitrite, butyl nitrite, cyclohexyl nitrite, ethyl nitrite, hyponitrite, isoamyl nitrite, isopropyl nitrite, nitrite reductase, nitritoid, nitrituria, potassium nitrite, sodium nitrite, sulfonitrite, sulphonitrite