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Nitrite vs Nierite - What's the difference?

nitrite | nierite |

As nouns the difference between nitrite and nierite

is that nitrite is any salt or ester of nitrous acid while nierite is a trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing nitrogen and silicon.

nitrite

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) any salt or ester of nitrous acid
  • (chemistry) the univalent radical -NO2, and the anion NO2-

    • Derived terms

    * alkyl nitrite * amyl nitrite * butyl nitrite * cyclohexyl nitrite * ethyl nitrite * isopropyl nitrite * nitritoid * sodium nitrite * sulfonitrite, sulphonitrite

    nierite

    English

    Noun

  • (mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing nitrogen and silicon.

    • References

    * Nierite in the Mineralogy Database: [http://webmineral.com/data/Nierite.shtml]