Niter (redirect from Potash nitre)
Niter or nitre is the mineral form of potassium nitrate, KNO3. It is a soft, white, highly soluble mineral found primarily in arid climates or cave deposits...
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acetate in alcohol "Spirit of nitre" is not a spirit in this sense, but an old name for nitric acid (but "sweet spirit of nitre" was ethyl nitrite) Similarly...
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New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-508083-1. OCLC 33013451. "nitre". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription...
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wrapped squeeze it well. Then put it into an earthenware vessel with zimat, nitre, salt and long peppers, the whole well powdered. Leave it in this vessel...
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extracted from fertile soils and plant remains (Yavakshara) such as saltpetre/nitre, perfume making (different qualities of perfumes are mentioned), granulated...
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American and British English spelling differences (section Greek-derived and Latin-derived spellings)
centre, fibre, goitre, litre, lustre, manoeuvre, meagre, metre, mitre, nitre, ochre, reconnoitre, sabre, saltpetre, sepulchre, sombre, spectre, theatre...
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1790 by French chemist Jean-Antoine Chaptal (1756–1832), from the French nitre (potassium nitrate, also called saltpeter) and the French suffix -gène,...
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Retrieved 14 May 2017. "Hackerský útok zasiahol aj Fakultnú nemocnicu v Nitre". etrend.sk (in Slovak). 15 May 2017. Archived from the original on 16 May...
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4-amino-2-methyl-1-naphthol hydrochloride. Veselý V, Kapp J (1925). "Sur les dérivés nitres du méthyl-2-naphtalène". Recueil des Travaux Chimiques des Pays-Bas...
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be prepared by being pounded flat, and boiled or soaked in a solution of nitre. One method of preparation starts by soaking a slice in washing soda for...
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