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Nitrito
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The nitrite ion has the chemical formula . Nitrite (mostly sodium nitrite) is widely used throughout chemical and pharmaceutical industries. The nitrite anion is a pervasive intermediate in the nitrogen cycle in nature. The name nitrite also refers to organic compounds having the –ONO group, which are esters of nitrous acid.
Nitrite is a chemical compound (most commonly sodium nitrite) that contains nitrogen and oxygen and is widely used in industries ranging from pharmaceuticals to chemicals. It's also an important intermediate form of nitrogen that naturally cycles through the environment, and the term can refer to organic compounds containing a specific oxygen-nitrogen group.
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- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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- nitride compound
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Il nitrito è un anione composto da un atomo di azoto e due atomi di ossigeno caricati negativamente. La sua formula chimica è . A seconda dei casi, può essere considerato come un sale o un estere dell'acido nitroso. I nitriti presentano un'alta tossicità per l'uomo, specialmente nei bambini, in quanto provocano , forma non funzionante dell'emoglobina che riduce l'apporto di ossigeno ai tessuti e talvolta causa anche il decesso. Per reazione con ammine secondarie ed ammidi presenti negli alimenti, forma le nitrosammine, N-nitroso composti cancerogeni.
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