Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Obsolete forms of
saltpeter .
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The name derives from the Latin nitrum and Greek nitron for "native soda" and genes for "forming" because of nitrogen's presence in potassium nitrate (KNO), so called salpeter or nitre or native soda.
Nitrogen 2009
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The name derives from the Latin nitrum and Greek nitron for "native soda" and genes for "forming" because of nitrogen's presence in potassium nitrate (KNO), so called salpeter or nitre or native soda.
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The soda-salpeter-melt is rubbed with water in a flask filtered, and the filtrate is acidified with H2SO4.
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