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potassium_nitrate

potassium nitrate

English

Noun

potassium nitrate ‎(uncountable)

(inorganic chemistry) KNO₃, a naturally occurring salt used in the production of nitric acid HNO₃, as a food preservative, and in toothpaste for sensitive gums.

Synonyms

E252, when used as a preservative
nitre
saltpetre, saltpeter

Translations

potassium nitrate

Chinese:
Mandarin: 硝石 (zh) ‎(xiāoshí)
Danish: kaliumnitrat c, n
Finnish: salpietari (fi)
French: salpêtre (fr) m, salpêtre du Chili (fr) m, nitre
German: Salpeter (de) m, Kalisalpeter m
Icelandic: saltpétur m, kalínítrat n, kalísaltpétur m, kalíumnítrat n
Japanese: 硝石 ‎(しょうせき, shōseki), 硝酸カリウム ‎(shōsan kariumu)
Khmer: ផ្កាក្រាម ‎(pkaa kraam)

Norwegian:

Bokmål: salpeter m

Nynorsk: salpeter m
Persian: شوره (fa) ‎(šure)
Portuguese: salitre (pt)
Quechua: qullpa
Russian: сели́тра (ru) f ‎(selítra)
Swedish: salpeter (sv) c
Telugu: పొటాషియం నైట్రేటు ‎(poṭāṣiyaṃ naiṭrēṭu)
Turkish: güherçile (tr), potasyum nitrat