Hydroxylamine

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hydroxylamine \Hy*drox`yl*am"ine\, n. [Hydroxyl + amine.]
     (Chem.)
     A nitrogenous, organic base, {NH2.OH}, resembling ammonia,
     and produced by a modified reduction of nitric acid. It is
     usually obtained as a volatile, unstable solution in water.
     It acts as a strong reducing agent.


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