Gunpowder was also made with saltpetre and sulphur found in the country.
2
But I could find no saltpetre; indeed, no nitrates of any kind.
3
A large building in which quantities of saltpetre was stored caught next.
4
There is no appearance of sulphur, saltpetre or any other combustible material.
5
He got saltpetre and one or two other things from the chemist.
1
The regulus of cobalt, dissolved in spirit of nitre, gives a red.
2
As in orange ochre, powdered nitre may be employed in its preparation.
3
It is the salt of their speech, the nitre of their wit.
4
A tea-spoonful of sweet spirits of nitre will sometimes bring early relief.
5
I'll bring a bottle of nitre in my bag,-andshe bustled out.
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But I could find no saltpeter; indeed, no nitrates of any kind.
2
I thought Don needed ten pounds of saltpeter pumped up a catheter.
3
The bag is in case you spot saltpeter crystals along the way.
4
Procure us some iron for the barrels, steel for the hammers, saltpeter.
5
They found a place where saltpeter was very thinly and erratically distributed.
1
And all that was in the bottle was sweet spirits of niter.
2
The regulus of cobalt, dissolved in spirit of niter, gives a red.
3
Probably extract their niter from the dung of their horses and cows.
4
This niter-soaked fabric I thought might serve as tinder for the spark.
5
Trails of niter ran down the walls like melted wax.
1
I always use Oxford cotton, and thoroughly soak it in a moderately strong solution of nitrateofpotash.
2
On evaporation it leaves a very small residuum of carbonate of lime, and perhaps a little nitrateofpotash.
3
The plant also contains tannin, resin, starch, succinic, malic, and acetic acids, with nitrateofpotash, and other salts.
4
The immersed leaves were then treated with carbonate of ammonia, as described under nitrateofpotash, and with the same result.
5
I have used the nitrateofpotash on my property-anexperimental amount only-andit caused the trees to throw out strong and numerous shoots.
1
For curing the meat the farmer usually uses salt , saltpeter, white or brown sugar or molasses.
2
Chili saltpeter can be substituted in place of saltpeter, if only four-fifths as much is used.
3
All formulas for the sugar brine cure are practically the same varying only a little in the proportions of sugar, salt and saltpeter.
4
Saltpeter is not absolutely necessary as far as the preserving is concerned but it helps to hold the red color of the lean meat.
Ús de potassium nitrate en anglès
1
On cooling, potassiumnitrate crystallizes out, leaving small amounts of the other salts in solution.
2
As the potassiumnitrate burns, it lets off oxygen.
3
Gunpowder, a mixture of sulfur, charcoal, and potassiumnitrate, gets its oxygen from the nitrate.
4
Instead, they'd purchased potassiumnitrate for use in glass-making-glassmaking being their stated business and occupation.
5
Among the ingredients are barium nitrate, potassium perchlorate, powdered aluminum, powdered magnesium, potassiumnitrate, and sulphur.
6
Paint the Sky In the beginning there was black powder - charcoal, potassiumnitrate, and sulfur.
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Lighting the fuse of a firework, ignites the powder, causing the potassiumnitrate to let off oxygen.
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A kind of blasting gelatin, easily moldable, dissolved in nitroglycerine and mixed with wood pulp and potassiumnitrate.
9
It is used in enormous quantities in the manufacture of sulphuric acid and potassiumnitrate, and as a fertilizer.
10
This discovery, and of the nearby saltpetre ( potassiumnitrate) mines, generated enormous interest in Europe and the United States.
11
In a similar process, sodium azide and potassiumnitrate would react rapidly to produce a large pulse of hot nitrogen gas.
12
The warehouse, designed for dangerous and toxic chemicals, was mainly storing ammonium nitrate, potassiumnitrate and calcium carbide, according to police.
13
She says studies on animals in the 1950s indicated additives used in processed meat - potassiumnitrate and sodium nitrite - are carcinogenic.
14
Which is how the Chinese came up with an odd mixture of saltpeter ( potassiumnitrate), sulfur, and charcoal or dry honey.
15
The health risk of bacon is largely to do with two food additives: potassiumnitrate (also known as saltpetre) and sodium nitrite.
16
The warehouse, designed to house dangerous and toxic chemicals, was storing mainly ammonium nitrate, potassiumnitrate and calcium carbide at the time, according to police.