Symbol, BaO NO5. Atomic weight, 131.
Nitrate of Baryta forms octahedral crystals, which are anhydrous. It is considerably less soluble than the Chloride of Barium, requiring 12 parts of cold and 4 of boiling water for solution. It may be substituted for the Nitrate of Lead in the preparation of Protonitrate of Iron.
NITRATE OF LEAD.
Symbol, PbO NO5. Atomic weight, 166.
Nitrate of Lead is obtained by dissolving the metal, or the Oxide of Lead, in excess of Nitric Acid, diluted with 2 parts of water. It crystallizes on evaporation in white anhydrous tetrahedra and octahedra, which are hard, and decrepitate on being heated; they are soluble in 8 parts of water at 60°.
Nitrate of Lead forms with Sulphuric Acid, or soluble Sulphates, a white precipitate, which is the insoluble Sulphate of Lead. The Iodide of Lead is also very sparingly soluble in water.
NITRATE OF SILVER, See [Silver, Nitrate or].
NITRO-GLUCOSE.