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

sodium nitrate

(organic chemistry) nitrocellulose.

(inorganic chemistry) KNO₃, a naturally occurring salt, notably used as an ingredient of gunpowder; also used a food preservative and as an ingredient in toothpaste for sensitive gums; historically used in the production of nitric acid (HNO₃).

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

(inorganic chemistry) The lithium salt of nitric acid, LiNO₃, used in fireworks and flares.

(chemistry) nitric acid

(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).

(inorganic chemistry) An inorganic compound with the formula (NH₄)₂Ce(NO₃)₆.