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Definition of Nitrate

Nitrate
Nitrate Ni"trate, n. [Cf. F. nitrate.] (Chem.) A salt of nitric acid. Nitrate of silver, a white crystalline salt (AgNO3), used in photography and as a cauterizing agent; -- called also lunar caustic.

Meaning of Nitrate from wikipedia

- Nitrate is a polyatomic ion with the chemical formula NO− 3. Salts containing this ion are called nitrates. Nitrates are common components of fertilizers...
- Pot****ium nitrate is a chemical compound with a sharp, salty, bitter taste and the chemical formula KNO3. It is a pot****ium salt of nitric acid. This...
- Silver nitrate is an inorganic compound with chemical formula AgNO 3. It is a versatile precursor to many other silver compounds, such as those used in...
- Sodium nitrate is the chemical compound with the formula NaNO 3. This alkali metal nitrate salt is also known as Chile saltpeter (large deposits of which...
- Ammonium nitrate is a chemical compound with the formula NH4NO3. It is a white crystalline salt consisting of ions of ammonium and nitrate. It is highly...
- In organic chemistry, nitration is a general class of chemical processes for the introduction of a nitro group (−NO2) into an organic compound. The term...
- Amyl nitrate is the chemical compound with the formula CH3(CH2)4ONO2. This molecule consists of the 5-carbon amyl group attached to a nitrate functional...
- In organic chemistry, peroxyacyl nitrates (also known as Acyl peroxy nitrates, APN or PANs) are powerful respiratory and eye irritants present in photochemical...
- cellulose nitrate, flash paper, flash cotton, guncotton, pyroxylin and flash string, depending on form) is a highly flammable compound formed by nitrating cellulose...
- Nitrate reductases are molybdoenzymes that reduce nitrate (NO− 3) to nitrite (NO− 2). This reaction is critical for the production of protein in most...