(KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive.
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Examples for "saltpetre "
Examples for "saltpetre "
1 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.
1 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 On cooling, potassium nitrate crystallizes out, leaving small amounts of the other salts in solution.
2 As the potassium nitrate burns, it lets off oxygen.
3 Gunpowder, a mixture of sulfur, charcoal, and potassium nitrate , gets its oxygen from the nitrate.
4 Instead, they'd purchased potassium nitrate 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, potassium nitrate , and sulphur.
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.
6 Then they leached it, pouring water on it in improvised tubs, and dissolving the niter .
7 It was like vinegar upon niter , or the singing of songs to an heavy heart.
8 Thick shadows clung to the brick - and - niter walls.
9 Usually the niter will relieve the constipation; yet if it should prove obstinate, laxatives may be carefully given.
10 Aconite may be given in conjunction with the niter when the heart is greatly excited and beats strongly.
11 We therefore conclude, that either the niter or the small excess of potassium bromide, or both together, produce the change.
12 He created artificial niter beds, from which sufficient saltpeter was obtained, and within a year was furnishing the finest powder.
13 The wreck is full of niter and, once we have a fire, I can burn all the jungle into charcoal!
15 It is a white, crystallizable salt of a taste resembling that of niter , soluble in water and alcohol, and extremely poisonous.
16 I find that this dust is strongly impregnated with niter ; from niter we obtain saltpeter and from saltpeter we make gunpowder.
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