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azide

azide

1 9.9
A chemical compound with a group of three nitrogen atoms attached to another element
  • noun
  • /ˈeɪzaɪd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : azida
  • Sodium azide is often used in laboratories as a chemical mutagen to induce genetic variations.
  • sodium azide
  • azide concentration
  • azide treatment

Examples

  • In the present study, gamma-irradiated mutants showed better responses in terms of growth parameters as compared to chemical mutagenesis. Treatment with sodium azide gave better responses at low concentrations, but an increase in sodium azide concentration resulted in browning of the explant.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Effect of different concentrations of sodium azide on shoot tips:

    Academic text (2015)
  • After treatment with sodium azide, shoot tips had a differential response in all the varieties with reference to the concentration of mutagen used.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The effect of different doses of gamma irradiation, as well as chemical mutagenesis by sodium azide, was studied.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Sodium azide was selected to induce mutations in the nodal explants.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Nodal explants of the varieties were subjected to different sodium azide concentrations ranging from 0.1% to 0.5%.

    Academic text (2015)
  • "I read an article in my Arizona Alumnus magazine about the dangers of sodium azide, the explosive, highly poisonous, and highly flammable chemical used to deploy airbags in vehicles."

    Academic text (2011)
  • In explants treated with 0.2% sodium azide, the plant height was 4 cm, which increased to 4.2 cm when the explants were treated with 0.3% sodium.

    Academic text (2015)
  • In the present study, gamma-irradiated mutants showed better responses in terms of growth parameters as compared to chemical mutagenesis. Treatment with sodium azide gave better responses at low concentrations, but an increase in sodium azide concentration resulted in browning of the explant.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The researchers added sodium azide to the culture medium to observe its effects on plant growth.

Compounds

hydrogen azide
  • Specialized
9.9

A colorless poisonous liquid with a bad smell that can explode

Surface Forms

azide singular
azides plural

Morphology

azide = az + ide

The term is a specialised chemical name formed by technical nomenclature (the element/combining form is not a standalone English word and the suffix '-ide' is domain-specific), so knowing common English components will not let a general learner derive the meaning.

Etymology

The word azide comes from az-, from the old word azote for nitrogen meaning 'without life', plus the chemical ending -ide. So, like oxide, which is oxygen plus -ide, an azide is a chemical that contains a small nitrogen group of three atoms.