amine
pronunciation
How to pronounce amine in British English:
UK [ə'mi:n]
How to pronounce amine in American English:
US [ə'min]
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- Noun:
- a compound derived from ammonia by replacing hydrogen atoms by univalent hydrocarbon radicals
Word Origin
- amine (n.)
- "compound in which one of the hydrogen atoms of ammonia is replaced by a hydrocarbon radical," 1863, from ammonia + chemical suffix -ine (2).
Example
- 1. Amine - and ammonium-carbonate-based ccs are not , however , the only ways to do things .
- 2. Water dispersion amine carbonic salt resin cathode electrophoretic coating .
- 3. Currently , the most widely used solvent for post-combustion capture is amine . But the separation of co2 from ammoniac solvent consumes such a great deal of heat that the productivity of a power plant falls by 20 to 25 % .
- 4. Researchers from the university of edinburgh will join the project , testing three different types of amine solution over the next three months .
- 5. He made up the word based on the latin vita meaning " life " and amine the class of chemicals that thiamine belonged to .