sodium nitrite

Definitions

Electronics

• Yellow crystals, granules, or powder whose chemical formula is NaNO₂. Used in photography.

Food

• E250, the sodium salt of nitrous acid which is used in curing salts to preserve meat and maintain a pink colour by its reaction with haemoglobin. Banned in some countries because of fears that it might induce stomach cancers.

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