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sodium nitrate


sodium nitrate

noun

Definition of SODIUM NITRATE

: a deliquescent crystalline salt NaNO3 used as a fertilizer and an oxidizing agent and in curing meat
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First Known Use of SODIUM NITRATE

1869

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