chile saltpeter.
51Perchlorate — Perchlorate …
52saltpetre — noun a) Potassium nitrate. b) Sodium nitrate. Syn: Chilean saltpeter, Chilean saltpetre, nitrate of potash, niter, nitre, potassium nitrate, caliche, Chile saltpeter, Chile saltpetre, soda niter, soda nitre, sodium nitrate …
53ni|ter — «NY tuhr», noun. 1. potassium nitrate, especially when it occurs naturally as a white salt in the soil and encrusted on rocks; saltpeter. It is obtained from potash and is used in making gunpowder. Formula: KNO3 2. sodium nitrate, especially as… …
54Caliche — Forest on San Miguel Island. Caliche is a sedimentary rock, a hardened deposit of calcium carbonate. This calcium carbonate cements together other materials, including gravel, sand, clay, and silt. It is found in aridisol and mollisol soil orders …
55sodiumnitrate — sodium nitrate n. A white crystalline compound, NaNO3, used in solid rocket propellants, in the manufacture of explosives and glass and pottery enamel, and as fertilizer. Also called caliche, Chile saltpeter, saltpeter, soda niter. * * * …
56sodium nitrate — n a deliquescent crystalline salt NaNO3 used as a fertilizer and an oxidizing agent and in curing meat called also saltpeter see CHILE SALTPETER * * * a compound, NaNO3, used as a reagent, in fertilizers, and in certain industrial processes; it… …
57alcohol — Synonyms and related words: Amytal, Amytal pill, Argyrol, Chile saltpeter, Demerol, Dial, Dolophine, H, John Barleycorn, Luminal, Luminal pill, M, Mercurochrome, Merthiolate, Mickey Finn, Nembutal, Nembutal pill, Salol, Seconal, Seconal pill,… …
58chemical — Synonyms and related words: Chile saltpeter, absolute alcohol, acetate, acetone, acid, acidity, agent, alcohol, aldehyde, alkali, alkalinity, alloisomer, amine, ammonia, amyl alcohol, anhydride, anion, antacid, arsenate, arsenite, atom, base,… …
59Thaddäus Haenke — Thaddäus Xaverius Peregrinus Haenke ( cs. Tadeáš Haenke; es. Tadeo Haenke; 6 December 1761 ndash; 14 November 1816) was a geographer and explorer in South America.BiographyHaenke was born in Kreibitz (Chřibská), Bohemia, Austrian Empire (today… …
60Nitratine — or nitratite, also known as cubic niter (UK: nitre), soda niter or Chile saltpeter (UK: saltpetre), is a mineral, the naturally occurring form of sodium nitrate, NaNO3. Nitratine crystallizes in the trigonal system, but rarely occurs as well… …
