(KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive.
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Examples for "saltpetre"
Examples for "saltpetre"
1Gunpowder was also made with saltpetre and sulphur found in the country.
2But I could find no saltpetre; indeed, no nitrates of any kind.
3A large building in which quantities of saltpetre was stored caught next.
4There is no appearance of sulphur, saltpetre or any other combustible material.
5He got saltpetre and one or two other things from the chemist.
1The regulus of cobalt, dissolved in spirit of nitre, gives a red.
2As in orange ochre, powdered nitre may be employed in its preparation.
3It is the salt of their speech, the nitre of their wit.
4A tea-spoonful of sweet spirits of nitre will sometimes bring early relief.
5I'll bring a bottle of nitre in my bag,-andshe bustled out.
1But I could find no saltpeter; indeed, no nitrates of any kind.
2I thought Don needed ten pounds of saltpeter pumped up a catheter.
3The bag is in case you spot saltpeter crystals along the way.
4Procure us some iron for the barrels, steel for the hammers, saltpeter.
5They found a place where saltpeter was very thinly and erratically distributed.
1On cooling, potassium nitrate crystallizes out, leaving small amounts of the other salts in solution.
2As the potassium nitrate burns, it lets off oxygen.
3Gunpowder, a mixture of sulfur, charcoal, and potassium nitrate, gets its oxygen from the nitrate.
4Instead, they'd purchased potassium nitrate for use in glass-making-glassmaking being their stated business and occupation.
5Among the ingredients are barium nitrate, potassium perchlorate, powdered aluminum, powdered magnesium, potassium nitrate, and sulphur.
1And all that was in the bottle was sweet spirits of niter.
2The regulus of cobalt, dissolved in spirit of niter, gives a red.
3Probably extract their niter from the dung of their horses and cows.
4This niter-soaked fabric I thought might serve as tinder for the spark.
5Trails of niter ran down the walls like melted wax.
6Then they leached it, pouring water on it in improvised tubs, and dissolving the niter.
7It was like vinegar upon niter, or the singing of songs to an heavy heart.
8Thick shadows clung to the brick-and-niter walls.
9Usually the niter will relieve the constipation; yet if it should prove obstinate, laxatives may be carefully given.
10Aconite may be given in conjunction with the niter when the heart is greatly excited and beats strongly.
11We therefore conclude, that either the niter or the small excess of potassium bromide, or both together, produce the change.
12He created artificial niter beds, from which sufficient saltpeter was obtained, and within a year was furnishing the finest powder.
13The wreck is full of niter and, once we have a fire, I can burn all the jungle into charcoal!
15It is a white, crystallizable salt of a taste resembling that of niter, soluble in water and alcohol, and extremely poisonous.
16I find that this dust is strongly impregnated with niter; from niter we obtain saltpeter and from saltpeter we make gunpowder.