Wondering how to use Nitrite in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as group or radical.
Nitrite meaning
- Any salt or ester of nitrous acid.
- The univalent radical -NO₂, and the anion NO₂⁻
Using Nitrite
- The main meaning on this page is: Any salt or ester of nitrous acid. | The univalent radical -NO₂, and the anion NO₂⁻
- Useful related words include: group, radical, chemical group.
- In the example corpus, nitrite often appears in combinations such as: amyl nitrite, of nitrite, sodium nitrite.
Context around Nitrite
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nitrite
- In this selection, "nitrite" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, amyl, sodium, ammonium, ingestion, intake and quaaludes stand out and add context to how "nitrite" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1937 amyl nitrite remained so and ammonia to nitrite and nitrate. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nitrite" sits close to words such as aberrant, abloh and absurdities, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nitrite
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Police allege Law sold high-purity sodium nitrite. (8 words)
Mixing with amyl nitrite is particularly dangerous and potentially fatal. (10 words)
Between ammonium, nitrite, and nitrate, nitrite has the fastest turnover rate. (11 words)
Bacteria are able to convert ammonia to nitrite and nitrate but they are inhibited by light so this must occur below the euphotic zone. citation Ammonification or Mineralization is performed by bacteria to convert organic nitrogen to ammonia. (38 words)
Because of the toxicity of nitrite (the lethal dose of nitrite for humans is about 22 mg per kg body weight), some areas specify a maximum allowable content of nitrite in the final product. (34 words)
In the U.S., originally marketed as a prescription drug in 1937, amyl nitrite remained so until 1960, when the Food and Drug Administration removed the prescription requirement due to its safety record. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Because of the toxicity of nitrite (the lethal dose of nitrite for humans is about 22 mg per kg body weight), some areas specify a maximum allowable content of nitrite in the final product.
Between ammonium, nitrite, and nitrate, nitrite has the fastest turnover rate.
Most nitrite ingestion in the U.S. diet is from conversion of nitrate in plants, not from nitrite intake from cured meats.
Sales that are not authorized can now be punished with fines and prison. citation Since 2007, reformulated poppers containing isopropyl nitrite are sold in Europe because only isobutyl nitrite is prohibited.
Investigators allege Law, who has been charged with two counts of counselling or aiding suicide, used a number of online storefronts to sell sold sodium nitrite.
Police allege Law sold high-purity sodium nitrite.
In 2017, Wang poisoned her husband by putting nitrite she had purchased online in his water glass after an argument, the court said.
Although nitrites are the nitrogen compound chiefly used in meat curing, nitrates are used in certain specialty curing processes where a long release of nitrite from parent nitrate stores is needed.
Anaerobic ammonia oxidation main In this biological process, nitrite and ammonia are converted directly into molecular nitrogen (N 2 ) gas.
A selection of "poppers", which are small bottles of the intoxicative inhalant amyl nitrite Quaaludes were so commonly used at discos that the drug was nicknamed "disco biscuits".
A variety of isomers are known, but they all feature an amyl group attached to the nitrite functional group.
Bacteria are able to convert ammonia to nitrite and nitrate but they are inhibited by light so this must occur below the euphotic zone. citation Ammonification or Mineralization is performed by bacteria to convert organic nitrogen to ammonia.
Despite a very similar name to amyl nitrite, amyl nitrate has a different chemical composition and different properties.
For example, nitrifying bacteria such as Nitrobacter oxidize nitrite to nitrate, donating the electrons to oxygen.
He had moved his amyl nitrite pills out of his own reach, possibly because of guilt.
If the nitrite is added to the hydroxylamine solution, the only remaining by-product is salt water.
In the U.S., originally marketed as a prescription drug in 1937, amyl nitrite remained so until 1960, when the Food and Drug Administration removed the prescription requirement due to its safety record.
It is typically a combination of salt and sodium nitrite, with the pink color added to distinguish it from ordinary salt.
Mixing with amyl nitrite is particularly dangerous and potentially fatal.
More modern "examples of salts that are used as preservatives include sodium chloride (NaCl), sodium nitrate (NaNO 3 ) and sodium nitrite (NaNO 2 ).
Common combinations with nitrite
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- amyl nitrite 6×
- of nitrite 4×
- sodium nitrite 4×
- the nitrite 4×
- nitrite and 3×
- nitrite is 3×
- nitrite in 2×
- to nitrite 2×
- nitrite with 2×
- alkyl nitrite 2×