nitrate has definitions from the field of chemistry
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[ noun ] (chemistry) the radical -NO3 or any compound containing it (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)

Used in print

(James A. Ibers et al., "Proton magnetic resonance...)

The small reaction occurring at 337 ` C is probably caused by decomposition of occluded nitrates , and perhaps by a small amount of some hydrous material other_than **f .

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[ verb ] (chemistry) treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate

Examples

"nitroglycerin is obtained by nitrating glycerol"

Related terms

process chemistry

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