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Hydroxylamine

Hy-droxˊyl-am′ine

,
Noun.
[
Hydroxyl
+
amine
.]
(Chem.)
A nitrogenous, organic base,
NH2.OH
, resembling ammonia, and produced by a modified reduction of nitric acid. It is usually obtained as a volatile, unstable solution in water. It acts as a strong reducing agent.

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