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Nitrate   /nˈaɪtrˌeɪt/   Listen
Nitrate

verb
1.
Treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate.



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"Nitrate" Quotes from Famous Books



... demanded is smokelessness, and to accomplish it recourse is had to the high explosive field, mechanically mixing various substances with them to reduce and regulate their rapidity of action. Just now some form of gun-cotton is most in use mixed with nitrate of ammonia, camphor and other articles. The tendency of these mixtures is to absorb moisture, and the gun-cotton in them to decompose, and there is no smokeless powder which can to-day be considered successful. Such a powder, however, will undoubtedly be an accomplished fact in the near future. ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 794, March 21, 1891 • Various


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