azane

  1. Noun.  (context, inorganic compound) ammonia, NH3.Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry. IUPAC Recommendations 2005. Connelly, Neil G. (ed.), Damhus, Ture (ed.) Hartshorn, R.M. and Hutton, A.T. The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2005 [ISBN 0 85404 438 8].
  2. Noun.  (context, inorganic chemistry) Any saturated hydride of nitrogen having a general formula NnHn+2 such as hydrazine.

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