nitration

See also: Nitration

English

Etymology

nitrate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

nitration (countable and uncountable, plural nitrations)

(chemistry) The reaction of something with nitric acid; especially such a reaction, in the presence of sulphuric acid, to introduce a nitro functional group into a compound.

Derived terms

Zincke nitration

Translations

reaction with nitric acid

Greek: νίτρωση (el) f (nítrosi)
Italian: nitrazione (it)
Malay: penitratan (ms)

Anagrams

Tritonian, trination

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

nitration f (plural nitrations)

nitration

Further reading

“nitration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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