saltpetre

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Sodium nitrate
Potassium nitrate
Potassium nitrate; niter; a white crystalline substance, KNO3, having a cooling saline taste, obtained by leaching from certain soils in which it is produced by the process of nitrification (see Nitrification, 2)
{i} natural form of potassium nitrate (used to manufacture gun powder and fireworks)
a substance used in making gunpowder (=powder that causes explosions) and matches (salpetre, from sal petrae ). or nitre also spelled saltpeter or niter Transparent, colourless, or white powder or crystals of potassium nitrate (KNO3), found native in deposits. It is a strong oxidizing agent (see oxidation-reduction), used in fireworks, explosives, matches, fertilizers, glassmaking, steel tempering, and food curing; as a reagent; and as an oxidizer in solid rocket propellants. The term is also used for sodium nitrate (Chile saltpetre) and calcium nitrate (lime saltpetre), both of which are used in the nitric acid industry and as fertilizers, and for ammonium nitrate (Norway saltpetre), a high explosive and fertilizer
(KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive
It is a strong oxidizer, is the chief constituent of gunpowder, and is also used as an antiseptic in curing meat, and in medicine as a diuretic, diaphoretic, and refrigerant
saltpeter
Alternative spelling of saltpetre
saltpeter
{n} a mineral salt, niter
Saltpeter
anatron
saltpeter
US spelling of saltpetre
saltpeter
(KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive
saltpeter
Potassium nitrate; niter; a white crystalline substance, KNO3, having a cooling saline taste, obtained by leaching from certain soils in which it is produced by the process of nitrification (see Nitrification, 2)
saltpeter
(also saltpetre) a potassium nitrate compound converted from calcium nitrates often found in dry caves and used in making gunpowder
saltpeter
Potassium Nitrate A common kitchen chemical used in preservation of meat or preparing corned beef or pork May be purchased at drugstores
saltpeter
{i} natural form of potassium nitrate (used to manufacture gun powder and fireworks)
saltpeter
It is a strong oxidizer, is the chief constituent of gunpowder, and is also used as an antiseptic in curing meat, and in medicine as a diuretic, diaphoretic, and refrigerant
saltpetre
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