aluminum nitrate

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a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, Al(NO3)3⋅9H2O, used chiefly as a mordant in dyeing cotton.

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New refinements in aluminum made structures both stronger and lighter.
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According to police, Kory then attacked the victim with an aluminum tennis racket.
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I glimpse an alarming, finger-length aluminum baton in her bag.
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In 2012, Li allegedly supplied the Iranians with 20,000 kilos of steel pipe and 1,300 aluminum alloy tubes.
Tehran’s Chinese Missile Man|Jefferson Morley|June 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST

It is one of the only times I can think of when life imitates art to the very bleeding edge of an aluminum shank.
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Crystals of urea nitrate or oxalate (Fig. 19) will soon appear and can be recognized with the microscope.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
At once cover the mouth of the tube with a filter-paper cap moistened with saturated aqueous solution of silver nitrate (1:1).
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
When partially exhausted the aluminum shutters are dipped into a bath of shellac.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller
The beneficial effects of nitrate of soda appear to be almost entirely confined to the grasses and cereals.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson
The alkaline solution reduced Fehling solution and ammoniacal silver nitrate, indicating the presence of a sugar.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron)|William Anderson Syme