saltpeter in English

noun

[salt·pe·ter || 'sɔlt‚pɪːtə(r) /'sɔːlt-]

natural form of potassium nitrate (used to manufacture gun powder and fireworks)

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1. Saltpeter.

2. It's just that I don't want anyone to try and slip me saltpeter.

3. Ammonia water technical , Nitrogen fertilizers, calcium-containing , Fertilizer mixtures , Potassium chloride , Saltpeter .

4. Through its port the copper from Chuquicamata and saltpeter from El Toco are exported.

5. It consists of a mixture of sulfur (S), charcoal (C), and potassium nitrate (saltpeter, KNO3).

6. English war powder in 1879 used the ratio 75% saltpeter, 15% charcoal, 10% sulfur.

7. French war powder in 1879 used the ratio 75% saltpeter, 12.5% charcoal, 12.5% sulfur.

8. Proportions by weight are 75% potassium nitrate (known as saltpeter or saltpetre), 15% softwood charcoal, and 10% sulfur.

9. It reached a warehouse on Broad Street where combustible saltpeter was stored and caused a massive explosion that spread the fire even farther.

10. Speaking of Bat droppings, also known as guano, they are high in potassium nitrate (saltpeter) and are often used as fertilizer

11. The saltpeter can also be extracted for use in gunpowder and explosives, and Bat guano was an important resource for that purpose during the American Civil War

12. Winthrop often treated kids with his top secret cure-all "rubila, " later revealed by Oliver Wendell Holmes to be a mix of antimony and saltpeter, a precursor to the explosive potassium nitrate.

13. The reinvention of the saltpeter industry Maria Elena, the magic of the nitrate town Quillagua, Moon that Astonishes Salitreta Santiago Humberstone Office María Elena and Pedro de Valdivia Offices Holy Water 1896 History of the Tarapacá Industry

14. Todos los tubos contenían Anticoagulante EDTA.: All the collection tubes contained the anticoagulant EDTA.: Las preocupaciones sobre la seguridad del Anticoagulante Xarelto aumentan.: Concerns regarding the safety of the anticoagulant Xarelto have not been dispelled.: El salitre actúa como un Anticoagulante.: Saltpeter acts as a blood thinner.: Como resultado de una enzima en su saliva, un