sodium nitrate

English

Noun

sodium nitrate (uncountable)

(inorganic chemistry) the sodium salt of nitric acid, NaNO₃; used as a food preservative, and as an oxidizing agent in explosives such as sodatol.

Synonyms

caliche
Chile saltpetre
soda niter
E251 when used as a preservative

Translations

sodium salt of nitric acid

Bulgarian: селитра f (selitra)
Catalan: nitrat de sodi m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 硝酸鈉／硝酸钠 (zh) (xiāosuānnà)
Danish: natriumnitrat c or n, salpeter (da) c or n
Dutch: salpeter (nl)
Finnish: natriumnitraatti
German: Natriumnitrat n, Salpeter (de), Natronsalpeter m, Chilesalpeter m
Hindi: गन्धक भूयातती (gandhak bhūyāttī)
Hungarian: nátrium-nitrát (hu), chilei salétrom
Icelandic: Sílesaltpétur m, Chile-saltpétur m, natíumnítrat n
Irish: níotráit sóidiam f
Italian: nitrato di sodio (it)
Japanese: チリ硝石 (チリしょうせき, chirishōseki)
Russian: сели́тра (ru) f (selítra)

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