sodium nitrate

English

Noun

sodium nitrate (uncountable)

1. (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)