| 释义 |
hydrazine Chem.|ˈhaɪdrəziːn, formerly -aɪn|
[mod. f. hydrogen) + azo- (for azote) + -ine.]
A colourless stable gas, with strong alkaline reaction, also called diamidogen, N2H4; now used esp. in rocket fuels. Also extended to a class of compounds in which one or more of the Hydrogen atoms in this are replaced by a univalent radical, as ethyl hydrazine N2H3.C2H5.
1887Athenæum 9 July 57/2 Curtius describes the preparation of a new compound of nitrogen and hydrogen... He terms it hydrazine or diamidogen. 1950Sci. News XV. 77 One class [of propellants], called hypergols, react as soon as they come together... Such pairs are..hydrazine hydrate and hydrogen peroxide. 1955Sci. News Let. 1 Oct. 212/1 Monopropellants, whose chemical structures carry both fuel and oxidizer, were listed by him as ethylene oxide, hydrazine, hydrogen peroxide and nitromethane. 1960Aeroplane XCIX. 638/2 Achieving a lunar orbit would depend largely on the hydrazine engine which has yet to be tested in flight. 1969Times 3 June (Suppl.) p. iii/7 Aerozine 50—an equal blend of hydrazine and unsymmetrical dimethyl hydrazine. |