13 Hydrazine Uses: Facts You Should Know!

N₂H₄, hydrazine also known as Diazane, Diamine, Tetrahydridodinitrogen(N-N) and Diamidogen. Let us see its uses in detail.

Hydrazine has the following uses,

• Foaming agent
• Propellants
• Rocket Fuel
• Nuclear power
• Agrochemicals
• Reducing agent
• Photographic Development

N₂H₄ Hydrazine has beneficial uses in various industries and science fields which will be reviewed in this article.

Foaming Agent

• N₂H₄ is used to prepare polymer foam, with the help of foaming agent present in it.
• N₂H₄ is used as precursor to polymerization catalysts, pharmaceuticals, and agrochemicals units.

Propellants

• N₂H₄ is used as storage propellant in spacecraft propulsion and is used in long term due to its stability open-space field.
• N₂H₄ is used for altitude control & orbit maintenance in hydrazine fueled satellites and space probes in Space missions.

Rocket Fuel

• N₂H₄ is as fuels in rockets. Hydrazine is a precursor gas which is used in making air bags.
• N₂H₄ is in most satellites in earth orbit and most space probes use it for attitude control and orbit maintenance.

Nuclear Power

N₂H₄ is used in electrical and nuclear power plants steam cycles as oxygen scavengers. The concentration of dissolved oxygen is controlled to reduce corrosion.

Agrochemicals

• N₂H₄ acts as a precursor from pharmaceutical to agriculture industry.
• N₂H₄ plays key role when combined with insecticides, fungicides, herbicides or plant growth regulator.

Reducing Agent

• N₂H₄ is one of the most effective reducing agent.N₂H₄ is often used to reduce selenium, arsenic and tellurium.
• N₂H₄ is considered as a convenient reduction agent as it’s by-product are Nitrogen and water.
• In Wolff Kishner reduction Hydrazine is used to convert carbonyl compound into aldehyde or ketone.

Photographic development

• N₂H₄ is used in Photography for development of photographs from negative films.
• N₂H₄ is used in textile dyes to impart colour to clothes.

Conclusion

N₂H₄ has various uses ranging from propellant, to fuel and even in agrochemical industry. As a liquid chemical it acts as great and most effective reducing agent. Hydrazine is used as reducing agent in Wolff Kishner Reduction reaction.