Nitrate

Nitrate
Nitrate Ni"trate, n. [Cf. F. nitrate.] (Chem.) A salt of nitric acid. [1913 Webster]

{Nitrate of silver}, a white crystalline salt ({AgNO3}), used in photography and as a cauterizing agent; -- called also {lunar caustic}, and more commonly called {silver nitrate}. [1913 Webster +PJC]


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  • Nitrate — Nitrate …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

  • nitrate — [ nitrat ] n. m. • 1787; de nitre ♦ Sel de l acide nitrique. ⇒ azotate. Nitrates naturels de soude (⇒ caliche) , de potasse (⇒ nitre, salpêtre) . Nitrates utilisés comme engrais (nitrate de sodium, de potassium, de calcium; d ammonium). Nitrate… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • nitrate — [nī′trāt΄] n. [Fr < MFr nitre, NITER] 1. a) a salt of nitric acid containing the monovalent, negative radical NO3 b) an uncharged ester of this acid 2. potassium nitrate or sodium nitrate, used as a fertilizer vt. nitrated …   English World dictionary

  • Nitrate —   [von griechisch nítron »Laugensalz«, »Soda«, »Natron«, aus ägyptisch nt̲r(j)], Singular Nitrat das, (e)s,    1) Salze der Salpetersäure mit der allgemeinen Formel MINO3 (MI einwertiges Metallkation oder Ammonium), MII(NO3) …   Universal-Lexikon

  • nitraté — nitraté, ée (ni tra té, tée) adj. Qui est converti à l état de nitrate …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • nitrate — (n.) 1794, from Fr. nitrate (1787) or formed in English from NITRE (Cf. nitre) + ATE (Cf. ate) (3). Related: Nitrates …   Etymology dictionary

  • Nitrate — (Salia nitrica), salpetersaure Salze (s.d.) …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Nitrāte — Nitrāte, soviel wie Salpetersäuresalze, z. B. Kaliumnitrat, salpetersaures Kali …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Nitrate — Nitrate, die Salze der Salpetersäure, s. Salpetersäure …   Lexikon der gesamten Technik

  • Nitrate — Nitrāte, die salpetersauren Salze …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

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