azodicarbonamide
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azodicarbonamide noun: an organic chemical, a yellow to orange red, odorless, crystalline powder, used in food industry as a food additive, flour bleaching agent and improving agent, and in foaming plastics.
Noun
azodicarbonamide (countable and uncountable, plural azodicarbonamides)
- An organic chemical, a yellow to orange red, odorless, crystalline powder, used in food industry as a food additive, flour bleaching agent and improving agent, and in foaming plastics.
- To protest the sandwich chain’s use of azodicarbonamide in its bread, Ms. Hari posted a video of herself chewing another item in which the chemical is found: a yoga mat.2015 March 13, Courtney Rubin, “Taking On the Food Industry, One Blog Post at a Time”, in The New York Times
- Synonyms:
- azobisformamide, E927
Synonyms of azodicarbonamide
- azobisformamide
- E927
Forms of azodicarbonamide
| plural | azodicarbonamides |
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Questions about azodicarbonamide
- What does azodicarbonamide mean?
- Azodicarbonamide means an organic chemical, a yellow to orange red, odorless, crystalline powder, used in food industry as a food additive, flour bleaching agent and improving agent, and in foaming plastics.
- What part of speech is azodicarbonamide?
- Azodicarbonamide is a noun.
- What is the plural of azodicarbonamide?
- The plural of azodicarbonamide is azodicarbonamides.
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