| nitrate |
any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid) treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate; "nitroglycerin is obtained by nitrating glycerol"
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| nitric acid |
acid used especially in the production of fertilizers and explosives and rocket fuels
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| nitric oxide |
a poisonous red-brown gas (NO)
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| nitride |
a compound containing nitrogen and a more electropositive element (such as phosphorus or a metal)
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| nitrification |
the chemical process in which a nitro group is added to an organic compound (or substituted for another group in an organic compound) the oxidation of ammonium compounds in dead organic material into nitrates and nitrites by soil bacteria (making nitrogen available to plants)
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