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saltpetre::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | niter, nitre, potassium nitrate, saltpeter |
| Type of | nitrate |
Examples of saltpetre
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Saltpetre is often sprinkled on, in making cigars, to improve their burning.
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Saltpetre Cave is dry, dirty and quite chilly, with temperatures in the 40s.
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Saltpetre, potassium nitrate, is added to food to give meat products a nicer colour.
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His formulation comprised nitrolignose impregnated with saltpetre or barium nitrate.
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It was a form of nitrolignose impregnated with saltpetre or barium nitrate.
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After saltpetre has been dried, it may become moist again if left over a period of time.
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Apparently King's Sutton was a local centre for saltpetre excavation and digging at the time.
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In about 1547 Paolo Giovio wrote that the ceiling was being damaged by saltpetre and cracks.
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The East India Company traded mainly in cotton, silk, indigo dye, saltpetre, tea, and opium.
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- Potassium nitrate: (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive
- The common name for potassium nitrate. It is used to preserve food especially meat in which it produces a characteristic bright pink colour. It is used to make brine in combination with salt and sugar. Numerous meat products are cured using saltpetre including pastrami and knackwurst
- Latin Pottasium Nitrate; a key ingredient of gunpowder.
