a reaction vessel in which nitration takes place / a device for spreading nitrate fertilizer on the soil

plural of nitratation

(biochemistry) The conversion of nitrite into nitrate, typically be means of the enzyme nitrite oxidoreductase

(inorganic chemistry) A colourless salt that absorbs moisture from the air and mainly used as a component in fertilizer.

(inorganic chemistry) The silver salt of nitric acid, AgNO₃; it is sensitive to light and is used in the preparation of silver halides for photography; it is used in laboratories as a reagent to test for chloride

(inorganic chemistry) The ammonium salt of nitric acid, NH₄NO₃; it is used in fertilizers and explosives (notoriously in improvised explosive devices, though its main importance is as an explosive in its own right and in mixtures such as amatol and ANFO).

An urban air pollutant formed photochemically in the air as part of photochemical smog.

(organic chemistry) nitrocellulose.

(organic chemistry) The ester of amyl alcohol (pentanol) and nitric acid, C₅H₁₁NO₃, used to control angina and as an antidote to cyanide poisoning.

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