calcium nitrate
Americannoun
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Consider, for example, mixing aqueous solutions of the soluble compounds sodium carbonate and calcium nitrate.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
For example, Professor MacDougal, by treating the germ-cells of the evening primrose with various solutions, such as sugar, zinc sulphate and calcium nitrate, has apparently succeeded in producing definite germinal mutations.
From Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics by Michael F. Guyer
It rests upon the tendency of the earth floors of dwellings to become heavily charged with calcium nitrate through the natural processes of nitrification.
From Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan by F. H. (Franklin Hiram) King
If you dissolve calcium nitrate into a solution containing other soluble plant nutrients, many of them will precipitate out because few calcium compounds are soluble.
From Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway by Steve Solomon
The result is, sir," answered Herzog, meek and cowed under this harrying, "that calcium nitrate is produced, a very excellent fertilizer.
From The Air Trust by George Allan England
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