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hydrazine

hyd·ra·zine

UK/ˈhaɪdɹəˌziːn/ US/ˈhaɪdrʌˌzin/ uncommon

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Origin

Borrowed from German Hydrazin, coined by Emile Fischer in 1875 as a derivative from Diazin, an obsolete name for diimide, of which hydrazine is a hydrogenated analog. By surface analysis, hydr- + azo (“nitrogen”) + -ine.

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