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n. - Any compound containing a certain group of salts v. - Treat with a certain acid, so as to change an organic compound.

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  • Anyone with a semester in chemistry should realise that sodium nitrate is not metallic sodium. ooooze Says:
  • A nitrate is a nitrate is a plant fertilizer, and a pan's a pan for all that.
  • Acrylic amine nitrate, which is another derived compound has a similar action.
  • Nitrogen comes in the form of a salt, called nitrate of soda, and in dried blood.
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