Defn: Prepared with nitrate of silver.
NITRATINE
Ni"tra*tine, n. (Min.)
Defn: A mineral occurring in transparent crystals, usually of a white, sometimes of a reddish gray, or lemon-yellow, color; native sodium nitrate. It is used in making nitric acid and for manure. Called also soda niter.
NITRE
Ni"tre, n. (Chem.)
Defn: See Niter.
NITRIARY
Ni"tri*a*ry, n. Etym: [See Niter.]
Defn: An artificial bed of animal matter for the manufacture of niter by nitrification. See Nitrification, 2.
NITRIC
Ni"tric, a. Etym: [Cf. F. nitrique. See Niter.] (Chem.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitrogen; specifically, designating any one of those compounds in which, as contrasted with nitrous compounds, the element has a higher valence; as, nitric oxide; nitric acid. Nitric acid, a colorless or yellowish liquid obtained by distilling a nitrate with sulphuric acid. It is powerfully corrosive, being a strong acid, and in decomposition a strong oxidizer. — Nitric anhydride, a white crystalline oxide of nitrogen (N2O5), called nitric pentoxide, and regarded as the anhydride of nitric acid. — Nitric oxide, a colorless poisous gas (NO) obtained by treating nitric acid with copper. On contact with the air or with oxygen, it becomes reddish brown from the formation of nitric dioxide or peroxide.
NITRIDE
Ni"tride ( or ), n. Etym: [fromNitrogen.] (Chem.)