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Chili salpeter
Saltpeter Salt`pe"ter, Saltpetre Salt`pe"tre,, n. [F. salp[^e]tre, NL. sal petrae, literally, rock salt, or stone salt; so called because it exudes from rocks or walls. See Salt, and Petrify.] (Chem.) 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). 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. Chili salpeter (Chem.), sodium nitrate (distinguished from potassium nitrate, or true salpeter), a white crystalline substance, NaNO3, having a cooling, saline, slightly bitter taste. It is obtained by leaching the soil of the rainless districts of Chili and Peru. It is deliquescent and cannot be used in gunpowder, but is employed in the production of nitric acid. Called also cubic niter. Saltpeter acid (Chem.), nitric acid; -- sometimes so called because made from saltpeter.

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- Salpeter may refer to: 11757 Salpeter, a minor planet found in 1960 by a team from Palomar Observatory Bethe–Salpeter equation, describes two-particle...
- Ernest Salpeter (3 December 1924 – 26 November 2008,) was an Austrian–Australian–American astrophysicist. Born in Vienna to a Jewish family, Salpeter emigrated...
- Lonah Korlima Chemtai Salpeter (Hebrew: לונה צ'מטאי-סלפטר, née Chemtai, born 12 December 1988) is an Israeli Olympic runner. Born in Kenya, she represents...
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- Miriam (Mika) Salpeter (née Mark; April 8, 1929 – October 24, 2000) was an American academic. As professor of neurobiology at Cornell University, she developed...
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- Greta Morgan Salpeter (born February 12, 1988) is an American singer-songwriter and musician based in Los Angeles, CA. Her career began in 2005 as singer/pianist...
- saltpeter) are nitrogen-containing compounds collectively referred to as salpeter, saltpetre, salitre, caliche, or nitrate. They are used as fertilizer,...
- Bob Salpeter (born October 16, 1935) was an American graphic designer. Bob Salpeter studied at the School of Industrial Art (1949–1953) and the School...