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Definition of salt petre in English English dictionary
saltpetre: Sodium nitrate
saltpetre: 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)
saltpetre: {i} natural form of potassium nitrate (used to manufacture gun powder and fireworks)
saltpetre: Potassium nitrate
saltpetre: a substance used in making gunpowder (=powder that causes explosions) and matches (salpetre, from sal petrae ). or nitre also spelled saltpeter or niter Transparent, colourless, or white powder or crystals of potassium nitrate (KNO3), found native in deposits. It is a strong oxidizing agent (see oxidation-reduction), used in fireworks, explosives, matches, fertilizers, glassmaking, steel tempering, and food curing; as a reagent; and as an oxidizer in solid rocket propellants. The term is also used for sodium nitrate (Chile saltpetre) and calcium nitrate (lime saltpetre), both of which are used in the nitric acid industry and as fertilizers, and for ammonium nitrate (Norway saltpetre), a high explosive and fertilizer
saltpetre: (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive
saltpetre: 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

salt petre

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SALT petre

sôlt petır

/ˈsôlt ˈpetər/ /ˈsɔːlt ˈpɛtɜr/

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